The Aventiinae, Boletobiinae, Eublemminae, Pangraptinae, Phytometrinae, and Scolecocampinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U. S. A.
Author
Pogue, Michael G.
text
Zootaxa
2012
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.279582
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279582
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Hemeroplanis habitalis
(Walker)
(
Figs. 25–27
, Map 13)
MAP 13.
Collecting localities of
Hemeroplanis habitalis
.
Identification.
Forewing length
10.3–11.6 mm
.
Hemeroplanis habitalis
has an elongate labial palpus with distal segment porrect and a bare frons. Forewing has a rufous forewing ground color. Forewing markings are variable and can be faint. Antemedial line straight, dark brown bordered proximally with bright rufous, line can be a series of irregular black spots; renform spot black, can be faint; postmedial line variable, straight, dark brown bordered proximally with bright rufous, can be a series of small black dots, or a faint cream-colored line bordered distally by bright rufous and black spots absent; postmedial line a series of white spots bordered proximally by a few black scales; terminal line a series of black somewhat triangular spots between wing veins.
Hind
wing is dirty white basally with rufous and gray scales to margin; terminal line a series of black spots between veins.
Flight period.
Mid May.
Collected localities.
Tennessee: Cocke Co.: Cosby, below Ranger Station. (
2 specimens
)
Elevation range.
1680 ft
. (
512 m
)
General distribution.
This is a southern species distributed from Great Smoky Mountains National Park and North Carolina, south to Florida and west to Arkansas and east Texas.
Larval hosts.
Unknown.