Moths of North Carolina
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25 NC Records

Lithophane baileyi Grote, 1877 - Bailey's Pinion


Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NoctuidaeSubfamily: NoctuinaeTribe: XyleniniP3 Number: 932549.00 MONA Number: 9902.00
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 Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
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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 from cove forests, montane riparian forests, and high elevation hardwood forests
Larval Host Plants: Wagner et al. (2011) list larval observations from Alder, Buckeye, Currant, and Hickory. Other observations were from Birch, Poplar, and Jack Pine (Handfield, 1999, cited by Wagner et al.) - 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 2024-02-09
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2023-02-20
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2023-02-20
Buncombe Co.
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