Sigela penumbrata Hulst, 1896

Pogue, Michael G., 2012, The Aventiinae, Boletobiinae, Eublemminae, Pangraptinae, Phytometrinae, and Scolecocampinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U. S. A., Zootaxa 3153, pp. 1-31 : 28-29

8. Sigela penumbrata Hulst, 1896

( Figs. 53–55 , Map 26)

Identification. Forewing length 4.8–7.4 mm. Sigela penumbrata is a small species with a dirty white forewing sprinkled with brown scales. Pattern is greatly reduced with the antemedial line a black spot on costa; medial line a black spot on costa; orbicular spot a tiny black spot below medial line; postmedial line a series of tiny black spots angled from costa to posterior margin; terminal line a series of black spots between veins. Hind wing is concolorous with forewing and sprinkled with brown scales; a tiny black discal spot; postmedial line a continuation from forewing; terminal line as in forewing.

Flight period. Mid-May.

Collected localities. Tennessee: Cocke Co.: Cosby Ranger Station. (2 specimens)

Elevation range. 1680 ft. (512 m)

General distribution. Distributed from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Georgia, Florida, and southeast coast of Texas.

Larval hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 33 – 55. Adults. 33, Hyperstrotia secta, m, North Carolina, Jackson Co.: Balsam, 24 June 1974, D. C. Ferguson; 34, Hyperstrotia secta, f, Maryland, Prince Georges Co.: Beltsville, 26 May, 1986, D. C. Ferguson; 35, Hyperstrotia villificans, m, North Carolina, Swain Co.: Hazel Creek, Bradshaw Cemetery, GSMNP, 2040 ft., 23 July 2007, M. Pogue, D. Adamski, M. Metz, GSMNP 0047; 36, Hyperstrotia villificans, f, North Carolina, Swain Co.: Hazel Creek, Bradshaw Cemetery, GSMNP, 2040 ft., 23 July 2007, M. Pogue, D. Adamski, M. Metz, GSMNP 0046; 37, Hyperstrotia villificans, f, Maryland, Montgomery Co.: Colesville, 8 Aug. 1980, D. C. Ferguson; 38, Abablemma brimleyana, m, Florida, Putnam Co., University Reserve, Welaka, 5 Apr. 1972, D. C. Ferguson; 39, Abablemma brimleyana, f, South Carolina, Charleston Co., Wedge Plantation, McClellanville, 3 June 1978, D. C. Ferguson; 40, Arugisa lutea, m, Florida, Monroe Co., Big Pine Key, 26 Nov. 1976, D. C. Ferguson; 41, Arugisa lutea, m, Maryland, Dorchester Co., Decoursey Bridge Rd., 13 Aug. 1993, J. Glaser; 42, Gabara subnivosella, m, Tennessee, Blount Co., Ace Gap Trailhead, 24 July 2000, M. G. Pogue; 43, Gabara subnivosella, m, Kansas, Johnson Co., Shawnee Mission Park, 17 June 1962, J. R. Heitzman; 44, Gabara subnivosella, m, Massachusetts, Nantucket Co., Nantucket, 12 July, 1928; 45, Gabara subnivosella, m, Massachusetts, Dukes Co., Martha’s Vineyard, 23 July, F. M. Jones; 46, Isogona tenuis, m, Tennessee, Blount Co., Campsite 6, along Scott Mtn. Trail, 3324 ft., 5 Aug. 2003, M. G. Pogue, USNM 00219096; 47, Isogona tenuis, f, Texas, Hidalgo Co., Santa Ann Refuge, 9 Mar. 1977, A. & M. E. Blanchard; 48, Isogona tenuis, f, Texas, Nickel Creek, Guadalupe Mts., 5000 ft., 22 May 1973, A. & M. E. Blanchard; 49, Nigetia formosalis, m, North Carolina, Haywood Co., Cataloochee, downhill from pull-off, 3440 ft., 19 July 2007, M. Pogue, D. Adamski, M. Metz; 50, Scolecocampa liburna, m, Tennessee, Sevier Co., Greenbrier area, end of Ramsey Cascade Rd., uphill from parking lot, 2066 ft., 26 June 2004, M. G. Pogue, USNM 00221326; 51, Scolecocampa liburna, m, Tennessee, Sevier Co., Greenbrier area, end of Ramsey Cascade Rd., uphill from parking lot, 2066 ft., 26 June 2004, M. G. Pogue, USNM 00221327; 52, Sigela brauneata, m, Tennessee, Cocke Co., 0.6 mi from Jct. of Rt. 32 on road to Cosby campground, 1765 ft., GSMNP, 28 July 2007, M. Pogue, D. Adamski, M. Metz, GSMNP 1907; 53 Sigela penumbrata, m, Texas, Nueces Co., N. Padre Island, 21 June 1977, A. & M. E. Blanchard; 54, Sigela penumbrata, m, Florida, Monroe Co., Big Pine Key, 26 Nov. 1976, D. C. Ferguson; 55, Sigela penumbrata, f, Florida, Dade Co., Homestead, 26 Nov. 1976, D. C. Ferguson.