Leucania scirpicola Guenée Scirpus Wainscot, 1852
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Leucania scirpicola Guenée Scirpus Wainscot |
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31. Leucania scirpicola Guenée Scirpus Wainscot View in CoL
( Figs. 56–57 View FIGURES 49–56 View FIGURES 57–64 , Map 32)
Identification: Forewing length 15–18 mm. Overall appearance of the forewing is light brown with a gray shading along Cu vein to end of discal cell. There is a small black dot at approximately the middle of the discal cell below vein Cu that can be reduced to a few scales in some specimens. At the end of the discal cell there is a small white spot that can have a few black scales dorsally. Postmedial line consists of a series of more than two and up to seven small black spots. Terminal line consists of a series of minute black dots. Hindwing is white with veins highlighted gray and with a faint gray shading along posterior margin.
Resembles L. phragmatidicola by having a darker brown suffusion in the forewing than L. linda or L. multilinea . The white dot at the end of the discal cell is distinct in L. scirpicola , and barely visible in L. phragmatidicola . Vein Cu in the forewing is gray in L. scirpicola and white in L. phragmatidicola .
Flight period: Late June to early July.
Collected localities: North Carolina : Hayward Co., Purchase Knob at house. Tennessee: Blount Co., Cades Cove , Primitive Baptist Church. (3 specimens)
Elevation range: 4800 ft. (1463 m)
General distribution: This is a southern species ranging from eastern New Jersey south to Florida and west to Texas.
Larval hosts: Larvae obtained from eggs were reared on orchardgrass ( Dactylis glomerata L., Poaceae ) ( Godfrey 1972), but probably feeds on other grasses.
MAP 32. Collecting localities of Leucania scirpicola .
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