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Leuconycta lepidula (Grote, 1874) - Marbled-green Leuconycta

Taxonomy

Superfamily:
Noctuoidea

Family:
Noctuidae

Subfamily:
Condicinae

Tribe:
Leuconyctini

P3 Number:
932027

MONA Number:
9066.00

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions: 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.


Flight Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Wagner et al. (2011) list fields, wet meadows, marshes, and mesic woodlands as habitats used by this species. Our records mainly come from montane cove forests.

Larval Host Plants: Larvae have been reared on dandelion and dock in captivity (Wagner et al., 2011) but wild hosts are poorly known. There are BugGuide records for larvae feeding on Hairy-fruit Chervil (Chaerophyllum tainturieri) (George Smiley, 2014) and Spotted Water-hemlock (Cicuta maculata) (Janice Stiefel, 2006). - View

Wikipedia

See also Habitat Account for General Montane Mesic Forests

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.

Comments:

Photo Gallery for Leuconycta lepidula - Marbled-green Leuconycta

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

	Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2024-08-03 Graham Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-05 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-01 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-05-08 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-04-16 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-31 Macon Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper, Becky Watkins on 2023-07-29 Swain Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-07-26 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-07-19 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-06-06 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-05-25 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-05-08 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-07-13 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-06-06 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-08-18 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-07-27 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-07-19 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-07-16 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-07-14 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-06-14 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-06-04 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-06-01 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-05-19 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-05-17 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-04-26 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-04-18 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-04-13 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-08-25 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-08-14 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-08-01 Madison Co. Comment: