Moths of North Carolina
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26 NC Records

Cirrhophanus triangulifer Grote, 1872 - Goldenrod Stowaway Moth


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Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NoctuidaeSubfamily: AmphipyrinaeTribe: StiriiniP3 Number: 931681.00 MONA Number: 9766.00
Comments: A New World genus of some 13 very similar species found from Mexico through the United States and barely into Canada. One species occurs in North Carolina.
Species Status: Specimens from North Carolina have not been barcoded but those from elsewhere show no evidence of unrecognized species.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Forbes (1954); Poole (1995)Technical Description, Immature Stages: Wagner et al. (2011)                                                                                 
Adult Markings: A lovely species, whose pattern of orange or caramel streaks on a golden-yellow ground color distinguishes it from other golden-yellow moths, including Basilodes pepita, Stiria rugirfrons, and Argyrogramma verruca. Sexes are similar.
Adult Structural Features: Genitalia are quite distinct but unlikely needed for identification except in the Southwestern part of the country and into Mexico
Structural photos
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Immatures and Development: The caterpillar is brown with a hump at the caudal end and it is unlikely that feeding is restricted to the flowers. The life history was described by Frank Morton Jones (1937) who also elucidated the life history of our pitcher plant moths.
Larvae ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos, especially where associated with known host plants.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution: Cirrhophanus occurs from the Mountains to the Coastal Plain
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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