Moths of North Carolina
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48 NC Records

Lithophane grotei Riley, 1882 - Grote's Pinion

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NoctuidaeSubfamily: NoctuinaeTribe: XyleniniP3 Number: 932581.00 MONA Number: 9915.00
Comments: One of 51 species in this genus that occur in North America (Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010, 2015), 25 of which have been recorded in North Carolina
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Our records all come from wet-to-mesic stands of hardwoods, from northern hardwoods on the summits of our highest mountains to non-riverine wet hardwoods in the Outer Coastal Plain
Larval Host Plants: Larvae are polyphagous on a wide range of hardwood trees, including Oaks, Red Maple, Aspen, Yellow Buckeye, Apple, Birch, and Cherry (Wagner et al., 2011) - View
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See also Habitat Account for General Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR S3S4
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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 Photo Gallery for Lithophane grotei - Grote's Pinion

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Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-03-16
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-02-23
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-02-16
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-02-11
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-02-09
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2023-11-11
Transylvania Co.
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Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-02-28
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2022-11-25
Transylvania Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-11-10
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-03-03
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-02-23
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-02-21
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-12-25
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-02-24
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-02-24
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2020-11-08
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2020-11-08
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2020-10-22
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2020-02-23
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2020-01-16
Yancey Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-01-14
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2019-11-30
Yancey Co.
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Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2019-11-30
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-02-26
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-02-26
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-02-02
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-01-01
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-12-31
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-12-28
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-12-14
Madison Co.
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