Moths of North Carolina

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Lithophane querquera Grote, 1874 - Shivering Pinion

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

Genitalia and other 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.


Flight Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge

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.

Comments:

Photo Gallery for Lithophane querquera - Shivering Pinion

33 photos are available. Only the most recent 30 are shown.

	Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2025-04-05 Transylvania Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-03-18 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2025-03-15 Transylvania Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-10-21 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-03-31 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2023-10-26 Graham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2023-10-25 Graham Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2023-04-15 Yancey Co. Comment: iNat record - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/154959584
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-04-12 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-03-23 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-02-23 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-03-04 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-03-02 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2021-10-13 Transylvania Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-04-28 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-04-12 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-04-09 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-03-26 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-03-23 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-03-09 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-02-27 Madison Co. Comment:		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. Comment:		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. Comment:		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. Comment:		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: