The Hadeninae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA 2380 Author Pogue, Michael G. text Zootaxa 2010 2010-02-26 2380 1 1 75 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2380.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.2380.1.1 1175­5334 5312376 37. Lacinipolia explicata McDunnough Explicit Arches ( Figs. 68–69 , Map 38) Identification: Forewing length 11.5– 14 mm . Frons white with two black dashes just below antenna and touching eyes but are not contiguous across frons. Patagium white proximally and black distally. Forewing from base to antemedial line is variable in coloration from mostly ferruginous brown (some specimens) to mostly black (majority of specimens) and with the area from costa to R vein mostly white and grayish-green with some black dashes along costa. Claviform spot is black and elongate below Cu vein. The median area between the antemedial and postmedial lines is always darker than the basal area. The median area is black with white and grayish green dashes along costa. Within the median area are the orbicular and reniform spots. Orbicular spot is grayish green with a black to ferruginous brown center and faintly outlined with black. Reniform spot is mostly ferruginous brown with some grayish green dorsally and faintly outlined with black. The distal portion of the forewing is a mixture of white and grayish green with a few black scales. An elongate black bar is present just dorsal to the tornus (posterior apex of forewing). Hindwing is white with gray highlighted veins and is suffused with a variable amount of gray, which is darkest along posterior margin. Flight period: May and September, two broods annually. Collected localities: North Carolina : Swain Co., Big Cove Road site b, Big Cove Road site w. Tennessee : Blount Co. , Tremont ; Cocke Co. , Cosby Ranger Station . ( 5 specimens ) Elevation range: 1390–2120 ft. ( 424–646 m ) General distribution: This is mainly a southeastern species from Maryland to Florida and west to Texas, Missouri , and Kansas . Larval hosts: This species has been reared on clover ( Trifolium sp. , Fabaceae ) and dandelion ( Taraxacum spp. , Asteraceae ) ( Godfrey 1972 ), but nothing is known about its natural hosts. MAP 38. Collecting localities of Lacinipolia explicata .