1. Eublemma minima (Guenée, 1852) Everlasting Bud Moth

(Figs. 16–17, Map 10)

Identification. Forewing length 6.5–8.0 mm. This is one of the smaller species of Eublemminae . Forewing ground color is cream with a distinct broad gray median band; reniform spot may be either absent or represented by one or two minute black dots; a wavy, white, subterminal line in a field of brown in the terminal area, and along the outer margin a series of black spots most prominent at the apex and tornus. Hind wing is white.

Flight period. Early May and mid-September; can be found in all months of the year in Florida.

MAP 10. Collecting localities of Eublemma minima .

Collected localities. North Carolina: Swain Co.: 0.5 km from mouth of Chambers Creek, 300 feet up hillside on NW side. Tennessee: Cocke Co.: Cosby Ranger Station; Foothills Parkway, south overlook. (4 specimens) Elevation range. 1750–2400 ft. (533–732 m)

General distribution. This is a common species from North Carolina to Florida, west along the Gulf Coast to Texas, and to Arizona and southern California. It has been collected as a stray in Massachusetts. Larval hosts. Pearly everlasting ( Anaphalis spp., Asteraceae) and rabbit tobacco ( Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (L.), Asteraceae) (Covell 1984).