The Noctuinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U. S. A.
Author
Pogue, Michael G.
text
Zootaxa
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2006-05-26
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20.
Lycophotia phyllophora
(Grote)
Twospot Dart
(
Fig. 61
, Map 38)
Identification:
Forewing length 16.0–19.0 mm. Forewing ground color is pinkish brown, basal area mixed with white scales, and the median and subterminal areas darker than rest of wing. Orbicular spot is mostly white mixed with ground color and reniform spot is obscure, usually represented by a thin, white, proximal border. Antemedial and postmedial lines are reddish brown. Terminal area is pinkish brown. Hindwing is gray and discal cell is absent.
Flight period:
Collected from late June to early August.
Collected localities:
North Carolina
:
Haywood Co.
,
Purchase Knob N
of house forest;
Swain Co.
,
Big Cove Road
site p. (
3 specimens
)
Elevation range:
2040 and
4998 ft.
(622 and
1523 m
)
General distribution:
This species is distributed across southern and central
Canada
from
New Brunswick
and
Nova Scotia
to western
Ontario
, and in the northern United States from Maine to Minnesota, south to Ohio, and along the Appalachians to western North Carolina (
Lafontaine 1998
)
.
MAP 38.
Collecting localities of
Lycophotia phyllophora
.
Larval hosts:
Reared on willow (
Salix
sp.
,
Salicaceae
), birch (
Betula
sp.
,
Betulaceae
), alder (
Alnus
sp.
,
Betulaceae
), blueberry (
Vaccinium
spp.
,
Ericaceae
), viburnum (
Viburnum
sp.,
Caprifoliaceae
), cherry (
Prunus avium
(L.) L.,
Rosaceae
), and meadowsweet (
Spiraea
sp.
,
Rosaceae
) (
Crumb 1956
).