Moths of North Carolina
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128 NC Records

Chytolita sp. 1 Grote, 1880 - No Common Name

Taxonomy
Family: ErebidaeP3 Number: 930502.10 MONA Number: 8356.10
Species Status: Chytolita petrealis is currently treated by some authorities to be a synonym of C. morbidalis, following determination that the type of C. petrealis was a C. morbidalis. Prior to that realization, however, the name C. petrealis had been applied to a distinct and much rarer species in the Southeast. The authors who sunk C. petrealis did not realize this, so our C. petrealis (here referred to as 'Chytolita sp. 1') has no name at the moment. To make things more complicated, there is another undescribed species like it from the mountains (referred to here as 'Chytolita sp. 2') that has only a few records as of 2024. The C. petrealis that has been most widely recognized is present primarily in the Coastal Plain and eastern Piedmont (J.B. Sullivan, pers. obs.).
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Wingspan: 22-30 mm (Forbes, 1954)
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from photos showing hindwings, abdomen, or other specialized views [e.g., frons, palps, antennae, undersides].
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: The majority of our records come from swamp and floodplain forests, forested shorelines, as well as peatlands and other wet forests
Larval Host Plants: - View
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Status in North Carolina
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Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 S4S5
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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 Photo Gallery for Chytolita sp. 1 - No common name

49 photos are available. Only the most recent 30 are shown.

Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-04-30
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-04-30
Wilson Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-09-04
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George on 2023-08-25
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-08-18
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-08-18
Caswell Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-08-18
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2023-08-10
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Lenny Lampel on 2023-07-28
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-24
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-19
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-13
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-18
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-18
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-14
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-14
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-06-03
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-05-23
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-05-21
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2023-05-11
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Steve Hall, David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-04-29
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-07-19
Chowan Co.
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Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-07-18
Chowan Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2022-06-30
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2022-06-13
Cabarrus Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2022-06-09
Cabarrus Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Becky Watkins on 2022-06-05
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2022-06-01
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2022-05-25
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2021-05-21
Guilford Co.
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