Anaplectoides brunneomedia McDunnough, 1946

Pogue, Michael G., 2006, The Noctuinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U. S. A., Zootaxa 1215 (1), pp. 1-95 : 41-42

9. Anaplectoides brunneomedia McDunnough

( Fig. 41–42, Map 27)

Identification: Forewing length 19.0–21.0 mm. This is a distinct species with a pale green forewing and a large irregular black patch that surrounds the orbicular and reniform spots. The green color fades to white in worn specimens. Orbicular and reniform spots are distinct and are mostly white with various amounts of gray and green scales, and outlined in black. Subterminal line is a series of short and elongate black triangles that are between the wing veins. Hindwing is dirty white with a faint discal spot, faint median line, wide submarginal band, and a thin dark terminal line with white fringe.

Flight period: Collected from June to August.

Collected localities: North Carolina: Haywood Co., Balsam Mountain picnic area on Flat Creek Trail , Purchase Knob , Polls Gap on Rough Fork Trail ; Swain Co. , Beetree Ridge , 5 mi N of Clingman’s Dome, 1.2 mi NE of Clingman’s Dome parking lot on Noland Divide Trail , 3.3 mi NE of Clingman’s Dome parking lot on Fork Ridge Trail , 5.6 mi SW of Jct. 441 and Clingman’s Dome Road , upper Noland Divide Trail ca. Clingman’s Dome . Tennessee: Sevier Co., 1.3 mi W of Jct. 441 and Clingman’s Dome Road on Road Prong Trail , 6 mi S of Sugarlands Visitor Center, 7 mi S of Sugarlands Visitor Center. (45 specimens)

MAP 27. Collecting localities of Anaplectoides brunneomedia .

Elevation range: 3320–6000 ft. (1012–1829 m) General distribution: This species is known from only a few localities in the

Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North

Carolina ( Lafontaine 1998). Larval hosts: Unknown ( Lafontaine 1998).