Moths of North Carolina
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Pyrrhia cilisca Lafontaine & Mikkola, 1996 - Bordered Sallow

Pyrrhia ciliscaPyrrhia cilisca
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Heliothinae		P3 Number:
932040		 MONA Number:
11063.00		 Other Common Names:
Noble Sun Moth, American Bordered Sallow
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984; as Pyrrhia umbra); 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.
Pyrrhia ciliscaAlamance 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: Larvae are highly polyphagous. Reported hosts include monkshood (Acontium), alder (Alnus), Cabbage (Brassica oleracea), tick-trefoil (Desmodium), walnut (Juglans), beardtongue (Penstemon), poplar (Populus), sumac (Rhus), and rose (Rosa) (Wagner et al., 2011). - View
Wikipedia
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [W-PK]
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.
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 Photo Gallery for Pyrrhia cilisca - Bordered Sallow

Photos: 4
Pyrrhia ciliscaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-08-09
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Pyrrhia ciliscaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-08-09
Madison Co.
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Pyrrhia ciliscaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-07-19
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Pyrrhia ciliscaRecorded by: Darryl Willis on 2016-09-16
Cabarrus Co.
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