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Issue: Vol. 1032 No. 1: 8 Aug. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-08-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1032.1.1
Page range: 1–28
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 25

The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, c/o Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, NMNH, MRC-168, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
Lepidoptera systematics All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory North Carolina Tennessee moths

Abstract

Seventeen species of Plusiinae have been found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in Tennessee and North Carolina, USA. These species are documented with adult images, description, flight period, abundance, elevation range, Park and general distribution, and larval hosts from the literature. Maps illustrate the known distribution of each species within the Park. Sixteen of the 17 species occur above 4,000 feet in elevation. The most diverse locality in the Park has 14 species.

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