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 7. Dyspyralis nigellus (Strecker), 1900 ( Figs. 12–13 , Map 8) Identification. Forewing length 8.4–9.9 mm . Dyspyralis nigellus is the largest of the Dyspyralis from the Park. Forewing is dark gray and variable with worn specimens lacking almost all pattern. There is a small white reniform spot at the distal end of the discal cell. In well-marked specimens there is a faint, black, slightly zig-zag antemedial line; reniform spot is bordered proximally by an indistinct black mark; postmedial line is irregular, black and in fresh specimens bordered white distally; a series of four white spots on costa distal to postmedial line to apex; the black subterminal area contrasts with the dark gray terminal area; and the terminal line is a series of black dashes that can be triangular shaped and contiguous. Hind wing is pale gray with no markings. Abdomen has a prominent, dorsal black tuft of scales between the second and third segments. Flight period. Late June to mid August. Collected localities. North Carolina: Swain Co.: Big Cove Road, site b site c, site p. Tennessee: Cocke Co.: Foothills Parkway East, 1.3 mi N of 321. ( 7 specimens ) Elevation range. 1801–2120 ft . ( 549–646 m ) General distribution. This species is distributed from Nova Scotia and Quebec in Canada , south through the northeastern states to Maryland and West Virginia, in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina and Tennessee), northern Georgia , and west to Illinois, Kansas, and east Texas. Larval hosts. Unknown. MAP 8. Collecting localities of Dyspyralis nigellus .