Moths of North Carolina

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Psaphida thaxterianus (Grote, 1874) - Thaxter's Sallow

Taxonomy

Superfamily:
Noctuoidea

Family:
Noctuidae

Subfamily:
Amphipyrinae

Tribe:
Psaphidini

P3 Number:
931549

MONA Number:
10020.00

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions: Beadle and Leckie (2012)

Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD

Technical Description, Adults: Poole (1995)

Structural photos

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) Click on graph to enlarge

Habitats and Life History

Habitats:

Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on oaks, including Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea) (Wagner et al., 2011). - View

Wikipedia

See also Habitat Account for Montane Oak-Hickory Forests

Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status: [W-PK]

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G4 SNR [S2S3]

State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.

Comments:

Photo Gallery for Psaphida thaxterianus - Thaxter's Sallow

44 photos are available. Only the most recent 30 are shown.

	Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2025-03-17 Transylvania Co. Comment:		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2025-03-17 Transylvania Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-03-14 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2025-03-12 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-03-08 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-03-08 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2024-03-08 Transylvania Co. Comment:		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2024-03-08 Transylvania Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-02-27 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: tom ward on 2023-03-01 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-02-22 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-02-16 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-03-07 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-03-07 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-03-04 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-03-04 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2022-02-28 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-03-12 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-03-10 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-03-09 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-03-09 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-03-19 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-03-12 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-03-09 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-03-03 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-03-03 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-03-24 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David Heavner on 2019-03-10 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-03-09 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-03-09 Madison Co. Comment: