Anicla forbesi (Franclemont)

Pogue, Michael G., 2006, The Noctuinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U. S. A., Zootaxa 1215 (1), pp. 1-95 : 14-15

1. Anicla forbesi (Franclemont)

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Forewing length 16.0–19.0 mm. Anicla forbesi can be confused with A. illapsa (Walker) , but A. forbesi has a much larger proportion of the prothorax black than does A. illapsa . Forewing ground color is pale gray to reddish brown. The transverse lines on the forewing are represented by dark spots along the costa and can be faint in some specimens. Hindwing is white in male and slightly darker in female.

Flight period: Mid­June to early August.

Collected localities: This species is not recorded from the Park, but it is likely to occur there.

General distribution: Distributed from Nova Scotia to western Ontario and south to northern Ohio and Pennsylvania, along the Appalachian Mountains to southwest Virginia, and west to northern Michigan, central Wisconsin, and northern Minnesota ( Lafontaine 2004) .

Larval hosts: Reared on timothy ( Phleum pratense L., Poaceae ) and probably feeds on a variety of other grasses ( Lafontaine 2004).