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Pseudohermonassa bicarnea (Guenée, 1852) - Pink-spotted Dart

Pseudohermonassa bicarneaPseudohermonassa bicarneaPseudohermonassa bicarnea
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Noctuinae		Tribe:
Noctuini		P3 Number:
933629		 MONA Number:
10950.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984; as Xestia bicarnea); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
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.
Pseudohermonassa bicarneaAlamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New%20Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania Tyrrell Union Vance Wake Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

Click on graph to enlarge 		Image showing flight dates by month for High Mountains greater than 4,000 feet, Low Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain: adults.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
Larval Host Plants: Reported hosts include birch (Betula), blueberry (Vaccinium), and dandelion (Taraxacum) (Wagner et al., 2011). - View
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S4S5]
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 Pseudohermonassa bicarnea - Pink-spotted Dart

Photos: 25
Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-08-10
Ashe Co.
Comment: 		Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-08-10
Ashe Co.
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Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-07-29
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2024-10-23
Graham Co.
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Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-09-21
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2024-09-21
Buncombe Co.
Comment:
Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-08-27
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Mark Basinger on 2024-08-06
Mitchell Co.
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Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2023-09-30
Graham Co.
Comment: 		Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Becky Elkin, Ivanna Knox, Marietta Shattelroe and Avery Young on 2023-09-21
Buncombe Co.
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Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2022-08-14
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-10-11
Madison Co.
Comment:
Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Stephen Hall and Bo Sullivan on 2021-09-14
Ashe Co.
Comment: 		Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-08-20
Buncombe Co.
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Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-09-25
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2019-09-24
Graham Co.
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Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-09-18
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: David L. Heavner on 2018-09-10
Buncombe Co.
Comment:
Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-08-31
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-08-12
Madison Co.
Comment:
Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan on 2015-09-16
Ashe Co.
Comment: 		Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan on 2015-09-16
Ashe Co.
Comment:
Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan on 2014-09-25
Ashe Co.
Comment: 		Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: B. Bockhahn, P. Scharf on 2014-08-26
Yancey Co.
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Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Recorded by: Doug Blatny/Jackie Nelson on 2012-07-11
Ashe Co.
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