Moths of North Carolina

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Agrotis vetusta (Walker, 1856) - Old Man Dart

Taxonomy

Superfamily:
Noctuoidea

Family:
Noctuidae

Subfamily:
Noctuinae

Tribe:
Noctuini

P3 Number:
933506

MONA Number:
10641.00

Comments: One of twenty-three species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010), seven of which have been recorded in North Carolina

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)

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

Wingspan: 3.5 - 4.2 cm (Covell, 1984)

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: Generally associated with sandy habitats (Forbes, 1954) and nearly all of our records come from barrier islands. One historic record comes from the Sandhills and one recent record comes from the top of Mt. Jefferson, probably representing a migrant.

Larval Host Plants: Larvae are polyphagous, reportedly feeding on a wide range of herbaceous plants, including many crop species. Among the hosts listed by Tietz (1972) are cabbage, turnip, lettuce, tobacco, blackberry, tomato, dandelion, and corn. We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View

Wikipedia

See also Habitat Account for Dry-Xeric Sand Barrens and Glades

Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 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 Agrotis vetusta - Old Man Dart

Photos: 16

	Recorded by: Dean Furbish and Joy Wiggins on 2024-10-30 Pender Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George, Randy Newman on 2024-10-28 Carteret Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: David George, Randy Newman on 2024-10-28 Carteret Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Dean Furbish and Joy Wiggins on 2024-10-28 Pender Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: R. Newman on 2024-10-21 Carteret Co. Comment:		Recorded by: R. Newman on 2023-11-06 Carteret Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: R. Newman on 2023-10-25 Carteret Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Dean Furbish and Joy Wiggins on 2023-10-25 Pender Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Dean Furbish and Joy Wiggins on 2023-10-23 Pender Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Dean Furbish and Joy Wiggins on 2023-10-23 Pender Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: R. Newman on 2022-10-24 Carteret Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Dean Furbish and Joy Wiggins on 2022-10-24 Pender Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: R. Newman on 2022-10-14 Carteret Co. Comment:		Recorded by: R. Newman on 2021-10-30 Carteret Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan on 2021-10-03 Moore Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan on 2020-10-13 Moore Co. Comment: