The Noctuinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U. S. A.
Author
Pogue, Michael G.
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2006-05-26
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9.
Anaplectoides brunneomedia
McDunnough
(
Fig. 41–42
, Map 27)
Identification:
Forewing length 19.0–21.0 mm. This is a distinct species with a pale green forewing and a large irregular black patch that surrounds the orbicular and reniform spots. The green color fades to white in worn specimens. Orbicular and reniform spots are distinct and are mostly white with various amounts of gray and green scales, and outlined in black. Subterminal line is a series of short and elongate black triangles that are between the wing veins. Hindwing is dirty white with a faint discal spot, faint median line, wide submarginal band, and a thin dark terminal line with white fringe.
Flight period:
Collected from June to August.
Collected localities:
North Carolina
:
Haywood Co.
,
Balsam Mountain
picnic area on
Flat Creek
Trail
,
Purchase Knob
,
Polls Gap on Rough Fork Trail
;
Swain Co.
,
Beetree Ridge
,
5 mi
N of Clingman’s Dome
, 1.2 mi
NE of Clingman’s Dome
parking lot on
Noland Divide Trail
, 3.3 mi
NE of Clingman’s Dome
parking lot on
Fork Ridge Trail
, 5.6 mi
SW of Jct.
441 and
Clingman’s Dome
Road
,
upper Noland Divide Trail
ca.
Clingman’s Dome
.
Tennessee
:
Sevier Co.
, 1.3 mi
W of Jct.
441 and
Clingman’s Dome Road on Road Prong Trail
,
6 mi
S of Sugarlands Visitor Center
,
7 mi
S of Sugarlands Visitor Center.
(
45 specimens
)
MAP 27.
Collecting localities of
Anaplectoides brunneomedia
.
Elevation range:
3320–6000 ft.
(
1012–1829 m
)
General distribution:
This species is known from only a few localities in the
Appalachian Mountains
in
West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee
, and
North
Carolina (
Lafontaine 1998
).
Larval hosts:
Unknown (
Lafontaine 1998
).