Moths of North Carolina
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34 NC Records

Elaphria alapallida Pogue & Sullivan, 2003 - Pale-winged Midget Moth

Elaphria alapallidaElaphria alapallidaElaphria alapallida
Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NoctuidaeSubfamily: NoctuinaeTribe: ElaphriiniP3 Number: 932234 MONA Number: 9681.10
Comments: One of fourteen species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010), nine of which have been recorded in North Carolina
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult Markings: The hindwings in this species are white rather than fuscous as found in cornutinus (J.B. Sullivan, pers. obs.)
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable only by close inspection of structural features or by DNA analysis.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
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Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Our records come mainly from wet-mesic forests in the Mountains, including riparian forests, mountain bogs, and high elevation hardwoods. Piedmont records all come from monadnocks with extensive mesic slopes.
Larval Host Plants: Larval host plants appear to be unknown (Wagner et al., 2011) - View
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See also Habitat Account for Montane Wet-Mesic Forests and Edges
Status in North Carolina
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State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-05-11
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-03-30
Rowan Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-05-27
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-05-27
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2013-06-15
Transylvania Co.
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