Moths of North Carolina
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Lomographa glomeraria (Grote, 1881) - Gray Spring Moth

Lomographa glomerariaLomographa glomerariaLomographa glomeraria
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Geometroidea		 Family:
Geometridae		Subfamily:
Ennominae		Tribe:
Baptini		P3 Number:
91a1148		 MONA Number:
6668.00
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.
Lomographa glomerariaAlamance 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%20Hanover 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: Wagner et al. (2001) list shrubby fields, woodlands, and forest as habitat for this species. Our records come mainly from montane hardwood forests but there are also a few from mixed habitats, including residential neighborhoods.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on cherry (Prunus), hawthorn (Crataegus), and possibly other species in the Rosaceae (Wagner et al., 2001). - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Montane Rosaceous Thickets
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S3S4]
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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 Photo Gallery for Lomographa glomeraria - Gray Spring Moth

Photos: 26
Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-04-04
Madison Co.
Comment: Female (dissected). 		Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-04-04
Madison Co.
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Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-04-02
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-04-01
Madison Co.
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Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Emily Stanley on 2025-03-28
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Emily Stanley on 2025-03-14
Buncombe Co.
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Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-04-13
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: tom ward on 2024-03-13
Buncombe Co.
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Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2024-03-05
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-02-27
Buncombe Co.
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Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-04-06
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-03-25
Madison Co.
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Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-03-24
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Vin Stanton on 2023-03-05
Buncombe Co.
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Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-03-05
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Vin Stanton on 2022-03-16
Buncombe Co.
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Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: tom ward on 2022-03-08
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-04-09
Madison Co.
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Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-03-26
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Vin Stanton on 2021-03-24
Buncombe Co.
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Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-03-28
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-03-26
Madison Co.
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Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-04-07
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Vin Stanton on 2019-03-21
Buncombe Co.
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Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Vin Stanton on 2018-03-29
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Lomographa glomerariaRecorded by: Darryl Willis on 2014-03-20
Cabarrus Co.
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