(Fig. 58, Map 33)

Identification: Forewing length 13–17 mm. Leucania ursula has the same bushy male foretibial scaling as in L. pseudargyria. The forewing and hindwing coloration and pattern is the same as in L. pseudargyria, except there is a more of a ferruginous cast to the forewing ground color in L. pseudargyria, and in L. ursula the forewing is more grayish brown.

MAP 33. Collecting localities of Leucania ursula.

Leucania ursula can be separated from L. pseudargyria by its smaller size. Leucania inermis lacks the bushy male foretibia present in L. pseudargyria and L. ursula.

Flight period: May and August, two broods annually.

Collected localities: North Carolina: Haywood Co., Cataloochee, Purchase Knob at lower creek, Purchase Knob at house, Purchase Knob 1.1 rd. mi from house; Swain Co., Big Cove Road site b, Big Cove Road site p, Ravensford, Smokemont. Tennessee: Blount Co., along Scott Mountain Trail campsite 6, Tremont, Cades Cove at Forge Creek Road, Cades Cove Loop at Abrams Creek, Cades Cove at Abrams Creek; Cocke Co., Cosby Ranger Station. (20 specimens)

Elevation range: 1390–4000 ft. (424–1219 m)

General distribution: This is an eastern species from Ontario in Canada and in the U.S. from Massachusetts south to Florida and west to Iowa and Missouri.

Larval hosts: Forbes (1954) listed honeysuckle (Lonicera sp., Caprifoliaceae). Larvae obtained from eggs were reared on crabgrass (Digitaria sp., Poaceae) (Godfrey 1972).