Erebidae

Argyrostrotis deleta Deleta Chocolate

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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: Pocosins, Wet Pine Savannas and Flatwoods, margins of depression ponds, blackwater swamps, and other wet, shrubby habitats in the Coastal Plain

FOOD: Host plants have not been observed but are likely to be species of shrub associated with Coastal Plain wetlands

OBSERVATION_METHODS: Easily observed during the day when flushed from savanna and pocosin habitats

NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM RANKS: G4G5 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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