Moths of North Carolina
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Maliattha concinnimacula (Guenée, 1852) - Red-spotted Maliattha

Maliattha concinnimaculaMaliattha concinnimacula
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Eustotiinae		P3 Number:
931296		 MONA Number:
9050.00		 Other Common Names:
Red-spotted Lithacodia Moth, Red-spotted Glyph
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984; as Lithacodia concinnimacula); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Maliattha concinnimaculaAlamance 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 mainly from high elevation hardwood forests, with a few from cove forests at lower elevations.
Larval Host Plants: Larval host plants appear to be unknown. - View
Wikipedia
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [W-PK]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S2S3]
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 Maliattha concinnimacula - Red-spotted Maliattha

Photos: 11
Maliattha concinnimaculaRecorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2024-05-16
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Maliattha concinnimaculaRecorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2024-05-16
Buncombe Co.
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Maliattha concinnimaculaRecorded by: tom ward on 2024-05-09
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Maliattha concinnimaculaRecorded by: tom ward on 2024-05-04
Buncombe Co.
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Maliattha concinnimaculaRecorded by: tom ward on 2024-05-02
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Maliattha concinnimaculaRecorded by: tom ward on 2022-05-25
Buncombe Co.
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Maliattha concinnimaculaRecorded by: tom ward on 2021-05-14
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Maliattha concinnimaculaRecorded by: tom ward on 2021-05-14
Buncombe Co.
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Maliattha concinnimaculaRecorded by: jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-06-09
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Maliattha concinnimaculaRecorded by: B. Bockhahn, K. Kittelberger, P. Scharf on 2015-06-18
Avery Co.
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Maliattha concinnimaculaRecorded by: Paul Scharf,B. Bockhahn, K. Kittelberger on 2014-06-08
Avery Co.
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