Moths of North Carolina
Scientific Name:
Common Name:
 Family (Alpha):
« Home »
View PDFNoctuidae Members: Lithophane Members: 54 NC Records

Lithophane grotei Riley, 1882 - Grote's Pinion

Lithophane groteiLithophane groteiLithophane groteiLithophane grotei
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Noctuinae		Tribe:
Xylenini		P3 Number:
932581		 MONA Number:
9915.00
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, iNat Search                                                                                 
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.
Lithophane groteiAlamance 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 Hanover 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: Our records all come from wet-to-mesic stands of hardwoods, from northern hardwoods on the summits of our highest mountains to non-riverine wet hardwoods in the Outer Coastal Plain
Larval Host Plants: Larvae are polyphagous on a wide range of hardwood trees, including oaks (Quercus), Red Maple (Acer rubrum), aspen (Populus), Yellow Buckeye (Aesculus flava), apple (Malus), birch (Betula), and cherry (Prunus) (Wagner et al., 2011). - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forests
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 grotei - Grote's Pinion

 44 photos are available. Only the most recent 30 are shown.
Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: Dean Furbish, Lior S. Carlson, S. L. Reeves on 2025-11-21
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2025-11-17
Durham Co.
Comment:
Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2025-11-16
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: Merrill Lynch on 2025-11-07
Watauga Co.
Comment:
Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: Merrill Lynch on 2025-11-07
Watauga Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: B. Bockhahn on 2025-02-06
Macon Co.
Comment:
Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: John Petranka on 2025-02-04
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-03-16
Buncombe Co.
Comment:
Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-02-23
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-02-16
Buncombe Co.
Comment:
Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-02-11
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-02-09
Buncombe Co.
Comment:
Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2023-11-11
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-02-28
Orange Co.
Comment:
Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2022-11-25
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-11-10
Buncombe Co.
Comment:
Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-03-03
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-02-23
Madison Co.
Comment:
Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-02-21
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-12-25
Madison Co.
Comment:
Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-02-24
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-02-24
Wake Co.
Comment:
Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2020-11-08
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2020-11-08
Madison Co.
Comment:
Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2020-10-22
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2020-02-23
Yancey Co.
Comment:
Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2020-01-16
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-01-14
Madison Co.
Comment:
Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2019-11-30
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Lithophane grotei
Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2019-11-30
Yancey Co.
Comment: