Moths of North Carolina
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58 NC Records

Morrisonia evicta (Grote, 1873) - Bicolored Woodgrain Moth

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Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NoctuidaeSubfamily: NoctuinaeTribe: OrthosiiniP3 Number: 932802 MONA Number: 10520.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
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: Habitats include forests and woodlands (Wagner et al., 2012). Our records come from bottomland and mesic and dry-xeric upland forests.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on a wide range of shrub species, representing a number of different families (Wagner et al., 2012) - View
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Status in North Carolina
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State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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 Photo Gallery for Morrisonia evicta - Bicolored Woodgrain Moth

Photos: 29

Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-04-16
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-04-14
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-01
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-01
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-01
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-01
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-04-01
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2023-04-20
Transylvania Co.
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Recorded by: Emily L Stanley on 2023-04-20
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2023-04-19
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Bo Sullivan on 2023-04-14
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-04-13
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-05-01
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-04-23
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-04-23
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-05-03
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-04-18
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-04-14
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-04-11
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2019-05-01
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-04-29
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-04-25
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-04-25
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-04-22
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-04-22
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2018-04-22
McDowell Co.
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Recorded by: T. DeSantis on 2015-04-09
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2013-04-30
Transylvania Co.
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Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2012-04-08
Transylvania Co.
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