Crambidae Lipocosma septa Exposed Lipocosma Moth 10 9 8 n=0 7 High Mt. 6 N 5 u 4 3 • m 2 • • b 1 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: 3 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec o 10 f 9 n=1 = Sighting or Collection 8 • 7 Low Mt. High counts of: in NC since 2001 F 6 l 5 1 - Wake - 2010-07-05 4 i 3 1 - Buncombe - 2019-07-02 g 2 Status Rank h 1 1 - Chatham - 2021-07-04 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 10 10 9 9 t 8 n=2 8 n=0 e 7 Pd 7 CP s 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 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: Crambidae SUBFAMILY: Glaphyriinae TRIBE: [Glaphyriini] TAXONOMIC_COMMENTS: FIELD GUIDE DESCRIPTIONS: ONLINE PHOTOS: TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION, ADULTS: Munroe (1972b) TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION, IMMATURE STAGES: ID COMMENTS: The head, thorax, and legs are white; the antennae are buff below and banded with brown and white above (Munroe, 1972). The abdomen is dark gray with a cream-colored apex. The ground color of the forewings is cream-white. The base is marked with buff, followed by a cream-colored antemedian area that has a convex outer margin. This pale area is followed by an inwardly oblique band of reddish-brown that extends from the cell to the inner margin; from the cell to the costa, a buff- colored band is present. The bar is followed by a faint gray antemedian line, with a similar postmedian line further out. The disco- cellular spot is weak or absent but not strongly defined as it is in adelalis. The postmedian and subterminal areas have the cream colored ground color, shaded with buff. A dark apical spot is present and the fringe is creamy-buff. DISTRIBUTION: Please refer to the dot map. FLIGHT COMMENT: Please refer to the flight charts. HABITAT: FOOD: OBSERVATION_METHODS: NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM RANKS: STATE PROTECTION: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands. COMMENTS: March 2021 The Moths of North Carolina - Early Draft 1.