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Lithophane bethunei (Grote & Robinson, 1868) - Bethune's Pinion

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Noctuinae		Tribe:
Xylenini		P3 Number:
932533		 MONA Number:
9887.00
Comments: One of 51 species in this genus that occur in North America (Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010, 2015), 25 of which have been recorded in North Carolina
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Structural photos
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.
Lithophane bethuneiAlamance 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: Inhabits woodlands and forests across its wide range in eastern North America (Wagner et al., 2011). In North Carolina, records cove mainly from bottomland hardwoods or mesic forests.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae are polyphagous on a wide range of trees and shrubs. Wagner et al. (2011) specifically list maple (Acer), birch (Betula), hickory (Carya), hawthorn (Crataegus), American Beech (Fagus grandifolia), ash (Fraxinus), witch-hazel (Hamamelis), apple (Malus), American Hop-hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana), poplar (Populus), cherry (Prunus), oak (Quercus), willow (Salix), American Basswood (Tilia americana), and Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [W-PK]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SNR [S2S4]
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 Lithophane bethunei - Bethune's Pinion

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Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: Simpson Eason on 2025-03-03
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: Michael P. Morales on 2025-02-25
Cumberland Co.
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Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: Michael P. Morales on 2025-02-25
Cumberland Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: tom ward on 2024-04-07
Buncombe Co.
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Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: tom ward on 2024-03-20
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: tom ward on 2023-11-05
Buncombe Co.
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Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: tom ward on 2023-10-27
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: tom ward on 2023-03-03
Buncombe Co.
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Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: tom ward on 2021-10-18
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: tom ward on 2021-10-18
Buncombe Co.
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Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: tom ward on 2021-10-18
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: Stephen Hall on 2021-02-28
Orange Co.
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Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: Simpson Eason on 2020-12-15
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-03-27
Madison Co.
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Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-02-28
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: Simpson Eason on 2019-02-07
Durham Co.
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Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: Stephen Hall on 2015-11-24
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: Darryl Willis on 2015-10-16
Cabarrus Co.
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Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: Robert Gilson on 2015-05-03
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane bethuneiRecorded by: Lenny Lampel on 2015-03-05
Mecklenburg Co.
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