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Lithophane grotei Riley, 1882 - Grote's Pinion

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

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 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

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

	Recorded by: B. Bockhahn on 2025-02-06 Macon Co. Comment:		Recorded by: John Petranka on 2025-02-04 Orange Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-03-16 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-02-23 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-02-16 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-02-11 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-02-09 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2023-11-11 Transylvania Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-02-28 Orange Co. Comment:		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2022-11-25 Transylvania Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-11-10 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-03-03 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-02-23 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-02-21 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-12-25 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-02-24 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-02-24 Wake Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2020-11-08 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2020-11-08 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2020-10-22 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2020-02-23 Yancey Co. Comment:		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2020-01-16 Yancey Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-01-14 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2019-11-30 Yancey Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2019-11-30 Yancey Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-02-26 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-02-26 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-02-02 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-01-01 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-12-31 Madison Co. Comment: