Anicla lubricans (Guenée)

Pogue, Michael G., 2006, The Noctuinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U. S. A., Zootaxa 1215 (1), pp. 1-95 : 16-17

4. Anicla lubricans (Guenée) , Slippery Dart

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Identification: Forewing length 15.0–19.0 mm. Anicla lubricans is similar to both A. forbesi and A. illapsa . Anicla lubricans can be distinguished by its overall darker gray and reddish­brown coloration of the forewing and darker hindwing. Anicla lubricans has a narrow black band on the prothorax in contrast to the prominent band in A. forbesi . Forewing pattern is similar to both A. forbesi and A. illapsa . Hindwing in male is pale gray not white as in A. forbesi and A. illapsa , and is dark gray in the female of A. lubricans .

Flight period: Throughout the year.

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

General distribution: This is a southeastern species ranging from North Carolina south to Florida and west to eastern Texas ( Lafontaine 2004).

Larval hosts: Unknown ( Lafontaine 2004).