Feltia geniculata (Grote and Robinson)

Pogue, Michael G., 2006, The Noctuinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U. S. A., Zootaxa 1215 (1), pp. 1-95 : 28

18. Feltia geniculata (Grote and Robinson)

( Figs. 21–22, Map 13)

Identification: Forewing length 13.0–15.0 mm. This species is easily recognized by the pale gray forewing color and prominent trapezoidal black spot between the faint orbicular and reniform spots. Some specimens have the pattern more developed, with the orbicular and reniform spots more evident and the transverse lines more distinct.

Flight period: Collected from mid to late September.

Collected localities: Tennessee: Cocke Co., Cosby ATBI house, Foothills Parkway E ast, Foothills Parkway south overlook, Foothills Parkway 2 nd overlook East. (14 specimens)

Elevation range: 1760–2520 ft. (549–768 m)

MAP 13. Collecting localities of Feltia geniculata .

General distribution: Feltia geniculata is distributed in southern Canada from Nova

Scotia to Manitoba; in the United States from Maine to Wisconsin and south to northern

Georgia and southern Texas ( Lafontaine 2004). Larval hosts: Unknown.