Moths of North Carolina
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71 NC Records

Psaphida styracis (Guenée, 1852) - Fawn Sallow

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Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NoctuidaeSubfamily: AmphipyrinaeTribe: PsaphidiniP3 Number: 931553 MONA Number: 10016.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984; as Copipanolis styracis); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Poole (1995)                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: This species is associated with dry oak woodlands and barrens over most of its range (Wagner et al., 2011). In North Carolina, records come from sandhills habitats in the Coastal Plain and mostly from dry ridges in the Mountains.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on oaks, including black and red oaks (Wagner et al., 2011) - View
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See also Habitat Account for General Dry-Xeric Hardwood Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 S4
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-03-17
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-03-16
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-03-12
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-03-11
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-03-05
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-03-05
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: B. Bockhahn on 2024-03-03
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-03-03
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-03-03
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2023-03-20
Cabarrus Co.
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Recorded by: B bockhahn on 2023-03-06
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-03-01
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-02-28
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-02-23
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-02-22
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-03-23
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-03-11
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2022-03-11
Transylvania Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-03-05
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-03-05
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2022-03-03
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-03-24
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-03-23
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-03-23
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-03-09
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-03-09
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Shields on 2021-03-04
Onslow Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-03-10
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-03-09
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-02-25
Madison Co.
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