Lethe ( Satyrodes ) appalachia, Chermock, 1947

Lethe ( Satyrodes) appalachia View in CoL : In the summer of 2020 (July-Sept), eight larvae, including a first instar, of

Lethe appalachia were found on Carex tuckermanii , C. lupulina , and an unidentified Carex species. The first instar was identified as L. appalachia by its habitat (Shapiro and Cardé, 1970), a woodland vernal pool, and was differentiated from L. anthedon by its dark head capsule. The older appalachia larvae were differentiated from anthedon larvae by head shape and body stripes. All instars had the same unique dietary habit of consuming their post-molt shed cuticle. ( Fig. 2).