Noctuidae Elaphria grata Grateful Midget Moth 30 n=36 ••• • • • • • • • • 20 High Mt. •• • • • • N • •• u 10 • • • • • m • • • • • • b • 0 • • e • • • • • • • 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: 53 • • • Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec • o • • 30 • • f n=70 • = Sighting or Collection Low Mt. High counts of: • • in NC since 2001 F 20 • = Not seen since 2001 l 25 - Stokes - 1996-09-10 • i 10 20 - Stokes - 1998-08-18 g Status Rank h 19 - Macon - 2000-06-11 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 30 30 t n=120 n=119 e 20 Pd 20 CP s 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: Noctuidae SUBFAMILY: Noctuinae TRIBE: Elaphriini TAXONOMIC_COMMENTS: One of fourteen species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010), nine of which have been recorded in North Carolina FIELD GUIDE DESCRIPTIONS: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012) 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 come from nearly all habitat types in the state, from maritime dunes on the barrier islands to spruce-fir forests on the summits of our highest mountains. Both open and forests habitats are used, bottomlands and dry ridges, peatlands, longleaf pine habitats, old fields and ruderal habitats. FOOD: Larval hosts still need to clarified but captive larvae feed on algae and fungi (Wagner et al., 2011) 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.