Moths of North Carolina
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349 NC Records

Glenoides texanaria (Hulst, 1888) - Texas Gray Moth

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Geometroidea Family: GeometridaeSubfamily: EnnominaeTribe: BoarmiiniP3 Number: 910858.00 MONA Number: 6443.00
Comments: The genus is limited to North America with two species, one of which occurs in North Carolina.
Species Status: The barcoding results are not entirely clear at the moment. The second species, G. lenticuligera, named from Hildago Co., Texas has been submitted for barcoding but none of the samples produced usable information. There are ample samples for G. texanaria but they fall into two very distinct haplotype groups which vary between less than 1% to over 2% depending upon which two individuals are compared. One group contains most of the eastern speciemens and the second group is mostly from Okahoma and Texas. Two samples sent in from Craven Co., N. C. and collected in the same trap in a June sample split between the two groups, indicating that there is probably just a single species and that the Texas-Oklahoma branch is most likely G. texanaria and not G. lenticuligera. Clearly additional samples are needed.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984)Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Forbes (1948)                                                                                 
Adult Markings: This species is small, but patterned like several other species loosely termed the Grays. In fresh specimens look for the reddish-orange band between the medial and postmedial lines. Glenoides is most frequently mistaken for a species of Eupithecia. In the males, the bipectinate antennae of Glenoides are diagnostic. Rubbed females are very similar to rubbed specimens of the larger Eupithecia, particularly where they co-occur in the mountains of North Carolina.
Adult Structural Features: Both sexes of Glenoides possess foveae near the base of their forewings -- much larger in the males and weak in the females -- which are lacking in Eupithecia. As in other members of the Ennominae, Glenoides lacks the M2 vein, whereas it is present in the Eupithecia, which belong to the Larentiinae.
Structural photos
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Immatures and Development: The caterpillar has yet to be described.
Larvae ID Requirements: Identifiable only through rearing to adulthood.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution: Found statewide, from the Barrier Islands to High Mountains.
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)

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