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Issue: Vol. 3153 No. 1: 6 Jan. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-01-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3153.1.1
Page range: 1–31
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 2

The Aventiinae, Boletobiinae, Eublemminae, Pangraptinae, Phytometrinae, and Scolecocampinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A.

Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, c/o Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, NMNH, MRC-168, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
Lepidoptera systematics all taxa biodiversity inventory North Carolina Tennessee host plants

Abstract

Twenty-five species of Erebidae are documented from Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) from the follow-ing subfamilies: Aventiinae (1 species), Boletobiinae (7 species), Eublemminae (1 species), Pangraptinae (2 species), Phy-tometrinae (6 species), and Scolecocampinae (8 species). Each species is documented with an adult image, description/diagnosis, flight period, park distribution, abundance, elevational range, general distribution, and larval hosts. The mostcommon (155 specimens) and widespread (40 localities) species was Pangrapta decoralis Hübner. Scolecocampa liburna(Geyer) is the next most common (87 specimens) and widespread (30 localities). The most species rich locality was the combination of the 11 localities along the Foothills Parkway, Cocke Co., Tennessee.

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