Erebidae
Argyrostrotis erasa Erasa Chocolate Moth
60 50 n=0 40 High Mt. N 30 u 20 • • • m 10 • b e 0 • • r 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 • 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 NC counties: 17 • • Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec • • o 60 • f • • 50 n=0 • = Sighting or Collection Low Mt. High counts of: • • in NC since 2001 F 40 • = Not seen since 2001 l 30 90 - Carteret - 1998-04-15 • i 20 68 - Pender - 1995-04-17 g 10 Status Rank h 65 - Carteret - 2012-04-27 0 NC US NC Global t 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 D Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec a 60 60 t 50 n=0 50 n=260 e 40 Pd 40 CP s 30 30 20 20 10 10 0 0 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Three periods to each month: 1-10 / 11-20 / 21-31 FAMILY: Erebidae SUBFAMILY: Erebinae TRIBE: Poaphilini TAXONOMIC_COMMENTS: One of six species in this genus, all of which occur in central and eastern North America, including North Carolina (Sullivan and Lafontaine, 2011).
FIELD GUIDE DESCRIPTIONS: ONLINE PHOTOS: TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION, ADULTS: TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION, IMMATURE STAGES:
ID COMMENTS:
DISTRIBUTION: Please refer to the dot map.
FLIGHT COMMENT: Please refer to the flight charts.
HABITAT: Our records for this species come from a wide range of Coastal Plain wetlands, including Pocosin and Pond Pine Woodlands, Longleaf Pine Savannas and Flatwoods, Non-riverine Swamp Forests, Coastal Plain Small Stream Swamps, Streamhead Pocosins and Swamp Forests, and shrubby shorelines around depression ponds and beaver impoundments on blackwater streams.
FOOD: Larvae have been recorded on Titi (Wagner et al., 2011)
OBSERVATION_METHODS:
NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM RANKS: G4 S4
STATE PROTECTION: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
COMMENTS:
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