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Argyrostrotis anilis (Drury, 1773) - Short-lined Chocolate Moth

Argyrostrotis anilisArgyrostrotis anilisArgyrostrotis anilis
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Erebinae		Tribe:
Poaphilini		P3 Number:
930956		 MONA Number:
8764.00
Comments: One of six species in this genus, all of which occur in central and eastern North America, including North Carolina (Sullivan and Lafontaine, 2011).
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Immature Stages: Wagner et al. (2011)                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Larvae ID Requirements: Identifiable only through rearing to adulthood.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Argyrostrotis anilisAlamance 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: Our records come from woodlands and edges.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on plums (Prunus), crabapples (Malus), and hawthorns (Crataegus) (Wagner et al., 2011). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Rosaceous Thickets
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S3S4]
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 Argyrostrotis anilis - Short-lined Chocolate Moth

Photos: 18
Argyrostrotis anilis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2025-08-03
Moore Co.
Comment: 		Argyrostrotis anilis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-20
Madison Co.
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Argyrostrotis anilis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-10
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Argyrostrotis anilis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-05-24
Madison Co.
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Argyrostrotis anilis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-06-24
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Argyrostrotis anilis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-06-03
Madison Co.
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Argyrostrotis anilis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-06-15
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Argyrostrotis anilis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-05-16
Madison Co.
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Argyrostrotis anilis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-06-22
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Argyrostrotis anilis
Recorded by: David L. Heavner on 2019-07-18
Buncombe Co.
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Argyrostrotis anilis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-06-18
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Argyrostrotis anilis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-05-19
Madison Co.
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Argyrostrotis anilis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-05-02
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Argyrostrotis anilis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-08-27
Madison Co.
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Argyrostrotis anilis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-05-29
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Argyrostrotis anilis
Recorded by: Paul Scharf on 2015-07-30
Warren Co.
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Argyrostrotis anilis
Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2013-07-22
Cabarrus Co.
Comment: 		Argyrostrotis anilis
Recorded by: Paul Hart on 2007-06-04
Harnett Co.
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