Western North Carolina Aug 3-9, 2019

[mothman27]

I recently returned home from a family vacation to Macon County, North Carolina, in the Nantahala National Forest. While there I set up a MV bulb and sheet for the week. The insect numbers were amazing until the bats caught on and started eating most of the moths that flew in. 
Here a a fairly comprehensive list of my findings.
Saturniidae
Actias luna
Callosamia angulifera
Eacles imperialis
Dryocampa rubicunda
Sphingidae
Agrius cingulata
Paonias myops
Paonia astylus
Sphinx kalmiae
Darapsa myron
Notodontidae
Oligocentria lignicolor
Symmerista sp.
Datana sp.
Heterocampa sp.
Erebidae
Grammia virgo
Halysidota tesselaris
Noctuidae
Catocala micronympha
Catocala piatrix
Catocala lineela
Catocala minuta
Catocala retecta
Catocala flebilis
Catocala andromeda
Catocala amica
Catocala subnata
Catocala ilia
Euparthenos nubilis
Allotria elonympha
Phyprosophus callitrichoides
Cerma cerintha
Panopoda rufimargo
Panopoda carneicosta
Harrisimemna trisignata
Zale undularis
Euteliidae
Paectes abrostoloides
Drepanidae
Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides
Geometridae
Epimecis hortaria
Passalidae
Odontotaenius disjunctus
Cerambycidae
Orthosoma brunneum
Monochamus carolinensis
Scarabaeidae
Cotinis nitida
Silphidae
Nicrophorus orbicollis
Carabidae
Calosoma scrutator
Lycidae
Calopteron sp.
Papilionidae
Papilio glaucus (forms turnus and glaucus)
Papilio polyxenes
Papilio troilus
Battus philenor
Nymphalidae
Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Euptoieta claudia
Phyciodes tharos
Hermeuptychia sosybius
Lycaenidae
Calycopis cecrops
Celastrina neglecta
Tettigonidae
Pterophylla camellifolia
Myrmeleontidae
Antlion unknown sp.



Highlights included my first two P. astylus, first self-collected D. rubicunda, C. flebilis, C. retecta, C. micronympha, C. andromeda, C. ilia, C. amica, a beautiful pair of G. virgo, also my first S. kalmiae and A. cingulata. Also, my first E. claudia.

[rayrard]

Did you get all the Catocala at light?

[Paul K]

Please note that all species you listed under Noctuidae except Harrisimemna trisignata and Cerma cerintha are now within Erebidae family which belongs to superfamily Noctuoidea.

[mothman27]

Aug 10, 2019 9:15:23 GMT -8 rayrard said:

Did you get all the Catocala at light?

I did. I had a bait trap but it failed to produce. Maybe my bait was bad. 
The first night I got over ten C. flebilis.

[mothman27]

Aug 10, 2019 9:30:34 GMT -8 Paul K said:

Please note that all species you listed under Noctuidae except Harrisimemna trisignata and Cerma cerintha are now within Erebidae family which belongs to superfamily Noctuidea.

Since when? Is there an online source I can find this on? 

[Paul K]

Aug 10, 2019 12:51:59 GMT -8 mothman27 said:

Aug 10, 2019 9:30:34 GMT -8 Paul K said:

Please note that all species you listed under Noctuidae except Harrisimemna trisignata and Cerma cerintha are now within Erebidae family which belongs to superfamily Noctuidea.

Since when? Is there an online source I can find this on? 

New systematic of moth families has been here for quite few years.
Most of online publications follow new systematic.
Here is one of them bugguide.net/node/view/43743

[Paul K]

Grammia virgo for example belonged to Arctiidae family which is now subfamily Arctiinae within Erebidae, which you have placed correctly.