Moths of North Carolina
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3 NC Records

Lithophane laticinerea Grote, 1874 - Broad Ashen Pinion

Lithophane laticinerea
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Noctuinae		Tribe:
Xylenini		P3 Number:
932580		 MONA Number:
9914.00		 Other Common Names:
Triple-spotted Pinion, Russet-spotted Pinion
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: Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
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Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
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Lithophane laticinerea
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 two records come from wet forests, one from a montane riparian forest and one from a non-riverine swamp forest in the Coastal Plain
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed primarily on maples, including Red Maple (Acer rubrum) and Silver Maple (A. saccharinum); other confirmed records come from American Basswood (Tilia americana), crabapple (Malus), and Black Oak (Quercus velutina) (Wagner et al., 2011). - View
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [SR]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SNR [S1S2]
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: T. DeSantis on 2010-11-18
Camden Co.
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