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Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACROLEPIIDAE-
ADELIDAE-
AMPHISBATIDAE-
AUTOSTICHIDAE-
BATRACHEDRIDAE-
BEDELLIIDAE-
BLASTOBASIDAE-
BOMBYCIDAE-
BUCCULATRICIDAE-
CARPOSINIDAE-
CHOREUTIDAE-
COLEOPHORIDAE-
COSMOPTERIGIDAE-
COSSIDAE-
CRAMBIDAE-
DEPRESSARIIDAE-
DREPANIDAE-
ELACHISTIDAE-
EPERMENIIDAE-
EPIPYROPIDAE-
EREBIDAE-Erebid Moths
ERIOCRANIIDAE-
EUTELIIDAE-
GALACTICIDAE-
GELECHIIDAE-
GEOMETRIDAE-
GLYPHIDOCERIDAE-
GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE-
GRACILLARIIDAE-
HELIOZELIDAE-
HEPIALIDAE-
HYBLAEIDAE-
INCURVARIIDAE-
LASIOCAMPIDAE-
LECITHOCERIDAE-Long-horned Moths
LIMACODIDAE-
LYONETIIDAE-
MEGALOPYGIDAE-Flannel Moths
MICROPTERIGIDAE-
MIMALLONIDAE-
MOMPHIDAE-Mompha Moths
NEPTICULIDAE-
NOCTUIDAE-Owlet Moths
NOLIDAE-
NOTODONTIDAE-
OECOPHORIDAE-
OPOSTEGIDAE-
PELEOPODIDAE-
PLUTELLIDAE-
PRODOXIDAE-
PSYCHIDAE-Bagworm Moths
PTEROPHORIDAE-
PYRALIDAE-
SATURNIIDAE-Saturniids
SCHRECKENSTEINIIDAE-
SESIIDAE-
SPHINGIDAE-Sphinx Moths
THYATIRIDAE-
THYRIDIDAE-
TINEIDAE-
TISCHERIIDAE-
TORTRICIDAE-
URANIIDAE-
URODIDAE-
XYLORYCTIDAE-
YPONOMEUTIDAE-
YPSOLOPHIDAE-
ZYGAENIDAE-
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Erebidae Members:
Abablemma brimleyana
Allotria elonympha
Amolita fessa
Amolita obliqua
Amolita roseola
Amolita unidentified species
Anomis editrix
Anomis erosa
Anomis flava
Anomis illita
Anticarsia gemmatalis
Apantesis anna
Apantesis arge
Apantesis carlotta
Apantesis doris
Apantesis figurata
Apantesis nais
Apantesis parthenice
Apantesis phalerata
Apantesis phyllira
Apantesis placentia
Apantesis unidentified species
Apantesis virgo
Apantesis virguncula
Apantesis vittata
Arctia caja
Arctia parthenos
Argyrostrotis anilis
Argyrostrotis deleta
Argyrostrotis erasa
Argyrostrotis flavistriaria
Argyrostrotis quadrifilaris
Argyrostrotis sylvarum
Arugisa latiorella
Arugisa lutea
Arugisa unidentified species
Ascalapha odorata
Bleptina caradrinalis
Bleptina inferior
Bleptina sangamonia
Caenurgia chloropha
Caenurgia unidentified species
Caenurgina crassiuscula
Caenurgina erechtea
Caenurgina unidentified species
Calyptra canadensis
Catocala abbreviatella
Catocala aestivalia
Catocala agrippina
Catocala alabamae
Catocala amatrix
Catocala amestris
Catocala amica
Catocala amica complex
Catocala andromedae
Catocala angusi
Catocala blandula
Catocala cara
Catocala carissima
Catocala cerogama
Catocala clintonii
Catocala coccinata
Catocala concumbens
Catocala connubialis
Catocala consors
Catocala crataegi
Catocala dejecta
Catocala dulciola
Catocala epione
Catocala flebilis
Catocala gracilis
Catocala grisatra
Catocala grynea
Catocala habilis
Catocala herodias
Catocala ilia
Catocala ilia-umbrosa
Catocala illecta
Catocala innubens
Catocala insolabilis
Catocala jair
Catocala judith
Catocala lacrymosa
Catocala lincolnana
Catocala lineella
Catocala louiseae
Catocala luctuosa
Catocala maestosa
Catocala marmorata
Catocala messalina
Catocala micronympha
Catocala minuta
Catocala mira
Catocala miranda
Catocala muliercula
Catocala myristica
Catocala nebulosa
Catocala neogama
Catocala obscura
Catocala orba
Catocala palaeogama
Catocala piatrix
Catocala praeclara
Catocala pretiosa
Catocala residua
Catocala retecta
Catocala robinsonii
Catocala sappho
Catocala serena
Catocala similis
Catocala sordida
Catocala subnata
Catocala ulalume
Catocala ultronia
Catocala umbrosa
Catocala unidentified species
Catocala unijuga
Catocala vidua
Celiptera frustulum
Chytolita morbidalis
Chytolita sp. 1
Chytolita sp. 2
Chytolita unidentified species
Cisseps fulvicollis
Cissusa spadix
Cisthene kentuckiensis
Cisthene packardii
Cisthene plumbea
Cisthene subjecta
Cisthene tenuifascia
Clemensia albata
Clemensia ochreata
Clemensia umbrata
Clemensia unidentified species
Colobochyla interpuncta
Cosmosoma myrodora
Crambidia casta
Crambidia lithosioides
Crambidia new species (minute)
Crambidia pallida
Crambidia pura
Crambidia unidentified species
Crambidia uniformis
Crambidia xanthocorpa
Cutina albopunctella
Cutina aluticolor
Cutina arcuata
Cutina distincta
Cycnia collaris
Cycnia oregonensis
Cycnia tenera
Cycnia unidentified species
Dasychira atrivenosa
Dasychira basiflava
Dasychira dorsipennata
Dasychira leucophaea
Dasychira manto
Dasychira meridionalis
Dasychira obliquata
Dasychira plagiata
Dasychira tephra
Dasychira unidentified species
Dasychira vagans
Dinumma deponens
Doryodes bistrialis
Doryodes fusselli
Doryodes spadaria
Doryodes unidentified species
Drasteria grandirena
Drasteria graphica
Dyspyralis illocata
Dyspyralis nigellus
Dyspyralis ocala
Dyspyralis puncticosta
Ephyrodes cacata
Estigmene acrea
Eublemma minima
Eublemma recta
Euchaetes egle
Euclidia cuspidea
Euparthenos nubilis
Gabara distema
Gabara obscura
Gabara pulverosalis
Gabara subnivosella
Gabara unidentified species
Gondysia consobrina
Gondysia similis
Gondysia smithii
Gondysia telma
Gondysia unidentified species
Halysidota cinctipes
Halysidota harrisii
Halysidota tessellaris
Halysidota unidentified species
Haploa clymene
Haploa colona
Haploa confusa
Haploa contigua
Haploa lecontei
Haploa reversa
Haploa unidentified species
Hemeroplanis habitalis
Hemeroplanis new species 1 nr. obliqualis
Hemeroplanis scopulepes
Herminiinae unidentified species
Hormoschista latipalpis
Hypena abalienalis
Hypena appalachiensis
Hypena baltimoralis
Hypena bijugalis
Hypena deceptalis
Hypena degesalis
Hypena edictalis
Hypena eductalis
Hypena humuli
Hypena madefactalis
Hypena manalis
Hypena minualis
Hypena palparia
Hypena ramstadtii
Hypena scabra
Hypena sordidula
Hypena unidentified species
Hypenodes caducus
Hypenodes fractilinea
Hypenodes franclemonti
Hypenopsis calusa
Hypenula cacuminalis
Hypercompe scribonia
Hyperstrotia aetheria
Hyperstrotia flaviguttata
Hyperstrotia nana
Hyperstrotia pervertens
Hyperstrotia secta
Hyperstrotia unidentified species
Hyperstrotia villificans
Hyphantria cunea
Hypocala andremona
Hypoprepia fucosa
Hypoprepia miniata
Hypsoropha hormos
Hypsoropha monilis
Idia aemula
Idia americalis
Idia concisa of authors
Idia denticulalis
Idia diminuendis
Idia forbesii
Idia julia
Idia laurentii
Idia lubricalis
Idia majoralis
Idia rotundalis
Idia scobialis
Idia unidentified species
Isogona tenuis
Lascoria ambigualis
Ledaea perditalis
Lesmone detrahens
Leucanopsis longa
Litoprosopus futilis
Lophocampa caryae
Lophocampa maculata
Lycomorpha pholus
Lymantria dispar
Macrochilo absorptalis
Macrochilo hypocritalis
Macrochilo litophora
Macrochilo louisiana
Macrochilo orciferalis
Macrochilo santerivalis
Manulea bicolor
Melanomma auricinctaria
Melipotis fasciolaris
Melipotis indomita
Melipotis jucunda
Metalectra albilinea
Metalectra diabolica
Metalectra discalis
Metalectra quadrisignata
Metalectra richardsi
Metalectra tantillus
Metallata absumens
Metria amella
Mocis latipes
Mocis marcida
Mocis texana
Mocis unidentified species
Neoplynes eudora
Nigetia formosalis
Orgyia antiqua
Orgyia definita
Orgyia detrita
Orgyia leucostigma
Orgyia unidentified species
Oruza albocostaliata
Oxycilla malaca
Oxycilla mitographa
Pagara simplex
Palthis angulalis
Palthis asopialis
Palthis unidentified species
Pangrapta decoralis
Pangrapta unidentified species
Panopoda carneicosta
Panopoda repanda
Panopoda rufimargo
Panopoda unidentified species
Parahypenodes quadralis
Parallelia bistriaris
Phalaenophana pyramusalis
Phalaenostola eumelusalis
Phalaenostola larentioides
Phalaenostola metonalis
Phoberia atomaris
Phoberia ingenua
Phoberia unidentified species
Phyprosopus callitrichoides
Phytometra rhodarialis
Phytometra unidentified species
Plusiodonta compressipalpis
Pseudanthracia coracias
Ptichodis bistrigata
Ptichodis herbarum
Ptichodis vinculum
Pygarctia abdominalis
Pyrrharctia isabella
Redectis pygmaea
Redectis vitrea
Renia adspergillus
Renia discoloralis
Renia factiosalis
Renia flavipunctalis
Renia fraternalis
Renia nemoralis
Renia new species near discoloralis
Renia salusalis
Renia salusalis-fraternalis
Renia sobrialis
Renia unidentified species
Rivula propinqualis
Rivula stepheni
Rusicada privata
Scolecocampa liburna
Scoliopteryx libatrix
Selenisa sueroides
Sigela basipunctaria
Sigela brauneata
Sigela penumbrata
Sigela rosea
Simplicia cornicalis
Spargaloma sexpunctata
Spiloloma lunilinea
Spilosoma congrua
Spilosoma dubia
Spilosoma latipennis
Spilosoma unidentified species
Spilosoma virginica
Tetanolita floridana
Tetanolita mynesalis
Thysania zenobia
Utetheisa ornatrix
Virbia aurantiaca
Virbia ferruginosa
Virbia laeta
Virbia opella
Virbia rubicundaria
Virbia unidentified species
Zale aeruginosa
Zale bethunei
Zale buchholzi
Zale calycanthata
Zale confusa
Zale curema
Zale declarans
Zale duplicata
Zale fictilis
Zale galbanata
Zale helata
Zale horrida
Zale intenta
Zale intenta/lunifera
Zale lunata
Zale lunifera
Zale metata
Zale metatoides
Zale minerea
Zale new species near buchholzi
Zale obliqua
Zale phaeocapna
Zale pine-feeding complex
Zale squamularis
Zale submediana
Zale undularis
Zale unidentified species
Zale unilineata
Zanclognatha atrilineella
Zanclognatha cruralis
Zanclognatha dentata
Zanclognatha jacchusalis
Zanclognatha laevigata
Zanclognatha lituralis
Zanclognatha marcidilinea
Zanclognatha martha
Zanclognatha minoralis
Zanclognatha obscuripennis
Zanclognatha pedipilalis
Zanclognatha protumnusalis
Zanclognatha theralis
Zanclognatha theralis complex
Zanclognatha unidentified species
Cutina
Members:
Cutina albopunctella
Cutina aluticolor
Cutina arcuata
Cutina distincta
109 NC Records
Cutina albopunctella
Walker, 1866 - White-spotted Cutina
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Erebinae
Tribe:
Poaphilini
P3 Number:
930963.00
MONA Number:
8728.00
Comments:
One of four species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010). All are restricted to the southeastern United States and have been recorded in North Carolina (Pogue and Ferguson, 1998).
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions:
Leckie and Beadle (2018; shows a Florida specimen, not the form typically found in NC)
Online Resources:
MPG
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BugGuide
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iNaturalist
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Google
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BAMONA
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GBIF
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BOLD
Technical Description, Adults:
Pogue and Ferguson (1998)
Technical Description, Immature Stages:
Pogue and Ferguson (1998); Wagner et al. (2011)
Adult Markings:
A medium-small, relatively unmarked, grayish-brown Erebid. The ground color of the forewings is light brown, dusted with gray; in northern populations, such as ours, the wings are fairly uniformly colored, rather than streaked as in the Florida populations. The antemedian and postmedian are thin and black, irregular, and often obscure; the subterminal is usually a diffuse white. A pale reniform spot or crescent may be present. Hindwings are buff (Pogue and Ferguson, 1998). Cutina arcuata and aluticolor are somewhat similar but are usually darker and have more conspicuous and contrasting transverse lines.
Forewing Length:
11.2-14 mm, males; 11.8-13.8 mm, females (Pogue and Ferguson, 1998)
Adult Structural Features:
The forewings have an angulate outer margin, as in other members of this genus. The male genitalia are distinctive and are described and illustrated by Pogue and Ferguson (1998). In particular, the uncus is diamond-shaped in this species but narrow in the others.
Adult ID Requirements:
Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Immatures and Development:
Larvae are green with pale stripes, helping them blend in with the foliage on which they feed. Prolegs on A4 are rudimentary and there is a slight hump on the dorsum of A8. See Pogue and Ferguson, 1998, and Wagner et al., 2011 for description and an illustration is given by Wagner et al. Larvae of the four species of Cutina are very similar to one another and should be reared to maturity in order to accurately identify the species (Wagner et al., 2011).
Larvae ID Requirements:
Identifiable only through rearing to adulthood.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
Probably occurs throughout the range of Taxodium in North Carolina, including the Outer Coastal Plain, Fall-line Sandhills, and a few sites in the eastern Piedmont where cypress swamps occur.
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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Flight Comments:
Flies through most the growing season, from March to September. Our data indicate there may be three peaks in activity
Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
We have records from the middle of deeply flooded swamps as well as seasonally dry pond cypress savannas.
Larval Host Plants:
Stenophagous, probably feeding on both species of cypress (
Taxodium
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Observation Methods:
Appears to come well to blacklights; we have no records from bait. Larvae can be found by beating the foliage of their host plants (Wagner et al., 2011).
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for
Cypress Swamps and Savannas
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks:
[GNR] S4
State Protection:
Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
Comments:
This species is a strong host plant and habitat specialist, but on species and habitats that are still widespread in at least the outer third of the state. Several threats exist, however, including sea-level rise and salt-water intrusion along the Coast; draining and conversion of Carolina Bays and other cypress-savannas to agriculture and silviculture; and loss of deep swamp habitats due to timber harvest and creation of impoundments. Despite these threats, and past losses of habitat due to massive timber cutting in bottomland forests, this species currently appears to be relatively secure within the state.
Photo Gallery for
Cutina albopunctella
- White-spotted Cutina
Photos: 8
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-06-19
Brunswick Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-06-19
Brunswick Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper on 2024-04-16
New Hanover Co.
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Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2023-06-18
New Hanover Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Ed Corey on 2016-06-25
Washington Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: T. DeSantis on 2010-06-26
Camden Co.
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Recorded by: FKW, SBW on 2010-06-16
Camden Co.
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Recorded by: FKW on 2006-05-23
Gates Co.
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