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 3153 1 31 journal article 45706 10.5281/zenodo.279582 155cefd2-7fbd-4482-9f7d-bcc96d645bb7 1175-5326 279582 2. Pangrapta decoralis Hübner, 1818 Decorated Owlet ( Figs. 20–24 , Map 12) Identification. Forewing length 11.0–13.0 mm. Pangrapta decoralis has a light brown forewing with an indistinct, crenulate, dark brown antemedial line. Orbicular spot is indistinct to absent, when present it is a faint area of reddish-brown scales. Reniform spot is well developed with a black center surrounded by white scales that are inundated with reddish-brown scales. Postmedial line is a broad band of black and reddish-brown scales that is angulate toward outer margin at reniform spot. There is a white triangular patch adjacent to the postmedial line, distally on the costa. A variably distinct, white triangular patch is present at the apex of the forewing. Subterminal area consists of an area of reddish-brown scales below the white costal triangle to below the reniform spot; then becomes an area of gray scales that tends to become whiter as it reaches the posterior margin. Terminal line is a thin, scalloped, black line. Fringe consists of a yellowish-brown initial row of scales, a thin black line, and a row of shorter, dirty white scales tipped with black. Hind wing is similarly patterned to the forewing with the antemedial line and postmedial band extending on to the hind wing. A small, black discal spot is present between the antemedial and postmedial lines. Fringe as in the forewing, but more scalloped. MAP 12. Collecting localities of Pangrapta decoralis . Flight period. Late April to early September. Collected localities. North Carolina: Haywood Co.: 0.72 mi from Mt. Sterling trailhead on Mt. Sterling trail; Cataloochee, just off paved road to Cosby; Cataloochee, pull off at Sal Patch Gap; Cove Creek Rd.; Piney Mt.; Purchase Knob; Purchase Knob nr. 1st gate; Purchase Knob, at house; Purchase Knob, 0.5 mi N of gate; Purchase Knob, on road in meadow; Purchase Knob, by Ferguson cabin; Purchase Knob, NW of house, forest; Swain Co.: Beetree Ridge; Big Cove Rd., site b, site c, site p, site w; 0.4 km up trail from lake on Forney Creek; Thomas Divide trail, 13.5 mi NE of GSMNP ent. on 441; Deep Creek trail, 15.2 mi NE of GSMNP ent. on 441; Kephart Prong trail, 8.3 mi NW of GSMNP ent. on 441; Hazel Creek, Proctor Cemetery; Hazel Creek, below Bradshaw Cemetery; 0.2 km W of mouth of Hazel Creek; 0.5 km from mouth of Chambers Creek, 300 ft . up hillside on NW side; 0.7 km up creek from mouth of Goldmine Creek; 0.7 km S of Payne Cemetery; Smokemont; 0.2 mi NE of Twentymile Ranger Station; 300 feet above lake on Welch Ridge. Tennessee: Blount Co.: Cades Cove Ranger Station; Campsite 6, Scott Mountain trail, head of spring; Campsite 6, along Scott Mountain trail; Campsite 6, Scott Mountain trail at creek; Gregory Bald; Tremont; Cocke Co.: 0.6 mi from state Rt. 32 on road to Cosby Campground; Albright Grove trailhead; Cosby ATBI house; 1/ 4 mi inside entrance to Cosby; Cosby Ranger Station; Cosby picnic area off Gabes Mountain trail; Foothills Parkway; Foothills Parkway, 2.1 mi W Hwy. 321; Foothills Parkway, 2nd pullout; Foothills Parkway East, 1.3 mi N of 321; Foothills Parkway, 1st parking lot near Cosby; Foothills Parkway East at I-40 ; Maddron Bald trail; Sevier Co.: Laurel falls trail; E of Campsite #20; Campsite #20, nr. creek; Jake’s Creek trail; Campsite #27, Jake’s Creek trail; Jake’s Creek trail, nr. Campsite #27; Jake’s Creek trail, above Campsite #27; Elkmont; Elkmont, Jake’s Creek; Greenbrier, 2.6 mi from state Rt. 321; Greenbrier covered picnic area, 3.5 mi S Rt. 321; Road Prong trail, 1.3 mi W of Jct. 441 & Clingmans Dome Rd. ( 155 specimens ) Elevation range. 1330–5260 ft . ( 405–1603 m ) General distribution. An eastern North American species from Nova Scotia and Quebec in Canada . In the U.S. it is distributed from Maine to Florida and west to Minnesota, Illinois, Oklahoma, and Texas. Larval hosts. Various species of blueberry, including lowbush blueberry ( Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton , Ericaceae ) and highbush blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum L.) ( Tietz 1972 ). David Wagner also reared P. decoralis on sourwood ( Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC., Ericaceae ) from Tennessee, Cocke Co., Cosby, jct. Foothills Parkway East and I-40 . One larva was collected on 20 June 2001 and an adult emerged on 16 July . Eric Metzler (unpublished data) also found larvae to be abundant on sourwood in southeastern Ohio.