Moths of North Carolina
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45 NC Records

Lithophane querquera Grote, 1874 - Shivering Pinion

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Noctuinae		Tribe:
Xylenini		P3 Number:
932550		 MONA Number:
9904.00
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)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 querquera
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 cove forests in the Mountains but with a number of records from wet hardwood forests in the northern Coastal Plain
Larval Host Plants: Larvae are polyphagous on many species of hardwood trees and shrubs. Wagner et al. (2011) specifically list ash (Fraxinus), apple (Malus), American Hop-hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana), cherry (Prunus), and oak (Quercus). - View
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SNR [S3S4]
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: Jim Petranka on 2025-03-18
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2025-03-15
Transylvania Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-10-21
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-03-31
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2023-10-26
Graham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2023-10-25
Graham Co.
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Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2023-04-15
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-04-12
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-03-23
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-02-23
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-03-04
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-03-02
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2021-10-13
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-04-28
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-04-12
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-04-09
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-03-26
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-03-23
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-03-09
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-02-27
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-03-26
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-03-12
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-03-10
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-03-09
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-03-09
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David L. Heavner & Vin Stanton on 2019-04-13
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-04-11
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2019-04-11
Madison Co.
Comment: An unusual color morph.
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-03-29
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2015-03-09
McDowell Co.
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