Moths of North Carolina
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Chytolita sp. 2 none - No Common Name

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Taxonomy
Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Herminiinae		P3 Number:
930502.20		 MONA Number:
8356.20
Comments: 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: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Structural photos
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
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Chytolita sp. 2 Alamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New%20Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania Tyrrell Union Vance Wake Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

Click on graph to enlarge 		Image showing flight dates by month for High Mountains greater than 4,000 feet, Low Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain: adults.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
Larval Host Plants: Host plants are apparently unknown. - View
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SNR [S2S3]
State Protection:
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Photos: 1
Chytolita sp. 2 Recorded by: Doug Blatny / Jackie Nelson on 2011-05-25
Ashe Co.
Comment: Formerly identified on MONC as Chytolita petrealis.