The Noctuinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U. S. A.
Author
Pogue, Michael G.
text
Zootaxa
2006
2006-05-26
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1215.1.1
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10.11646/zootaxa.1215.1.1
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12.
Cerastis fishii
(Grote)
(
Figs. 46–47
, Map 30)
Identification:
Forewing length 13.0–17.0 mm. Antennae are bipectinate in the male and filiform in the female. Forewing is reddish brown, significantly lighter than in
Cerastis tenebrifera
(Walker)
. Head and thorax are darker than forewing. Orbicular spot is absent on most specimens, when present, it consists of only a few black and white scales. Reniform spot is always present, and can be faint. It consists of a black interior bordered by white. There is a prominent black subapical spot on the costa of the forewing. The subterminal line is below this spot and consists of a series of small black spots that extend to the posterior margin. Hindwing is pale gray with a slightly darker, obscure marginal band.
Flight period:
Collected in early March.
Collected localities:
Tennessee
:
Blount Co.
, Tremont Environmental Education
Center. (
1 specimen
)
MAP 30.
Collecting localities of
Cerastis fishii
.
Elevation range:
1360 ft.
(
415 m
)
General distribution:
This
species is distributed in
eastern North America
from
Newfoundland
to
southern Ontario
in
Canada
; in the United States from
Maine
west to
Ohio, Michigan
, and northern
Wisconsin
, then south to
North Carolina
(
Lafontaine 1998
).
The
collection from GSMNP is a new record for the state of
Tennessee
.
Larval hosts:
Larvae feed on blueberry flowers then the leaves (
Vaccinium
spp.
, E ricaceae) (
McCabe 1991
).