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 5. Nigetia formosalis Walker, 1866 Thin-winged Owlet ( Fig. 49 , Map 23) Identification. Forewing length 7.5–9.3 mm . Nigetia formosalis is a small species that is easily recognized by the white forewing, black costa, and black medial band. Head is black, labial palpus appressed to frons with elongate scales giving the palpus a triangular appearance, and frons bare. Forewing is white with a black, horizontal costal band with a series of short white dashes on costa from just prior to medial band to apex; medial band black; terminal area with gray scales tipped with white; terminal line a series of black spots between veins that decrease in size toward termen; fringe black at apex, white medially, and brownish rufous and white to termen. Hind wing is pale gray with a thin, black terminal line and a white dash bordered by black scales at anal angle. Flight period. Late May to mid September, probably multiple brooded. Collected localities. North Carolina: Haywood Co.: Cataloochee, pull off at Sal Patch Gap; Swain Co.: Big Cove Rd., site b, site c, site p; 0.5 km from mouth of Chambers Creek, 300 feet up hillside on NW side; 300 ft . above Lake Fontana on Welch Ridge. Tennessee: Blount Co.: vicinity Cades Cove; Cades Cove Ranger Station; Cades Cove Primitive Baptist Church; Cades Cove ATBI house, 2000 m SW; Tremont; Cocke Co.: Foothills Parkway. ( 30 specimens ) Elevation range. 1360–3440 ft . ( 415–1049 m ) General distribution. Distributed from New York south to Florida and west to Michigan, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, east Texas, and Oklahoma. Larval hosts. Unknown. MAP 23. Collecting localities of Nigetia formosalis .