Moths of North Carolina
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Schinia grandimedia Hardwick, 1996 - False Boneset Flower Moth

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Taxonomy
Family:
Noctuidae		P3 Number:
932095		 MONA Number:
11148.10		 Other Common Name:
Boneset Flower Moth
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Genitalia and other structural photos
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution: The range of this species is primarily west of the Mississippi River, with just a few scattered records on the immediate east side. Previous to our records, the species has not been observed along the Atlantic Slope (Moth Photographers Group website; accessed 06-2025).
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Schinia grandimediaAlamance 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 Hanover 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: Based on the distribution of its host plant, this species should be found in a number of dry-xeric woodlands, glades, and barrens. As of 2022, one of our two site records comes from a "bean dip" in the Sandhills: a relatively mesic Longleaf Pine flatwoods that is rich in legumes and other forbs. The second is also from the Sandhills and from an old farm house that is surrounded by early successional habitat.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae have been recorded on False Boneset (Brickellia eupatorioides) (Wagner et al., 2011). In the Sandhills of North Carolina, this species is associated with "Longleaf Pine--Wiregrass uplands and flats in loamy sand soils (LeGrand et al., 2025) - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Loamy, Fire-maintained Herblands
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [SR]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SNR [S1S2]
State Protection:
Comments: Although only recently discovered in North Carolina, it possibly has a resident population in the Fall-line Sandhills and is not simply a long-distance migrant from the West.

 Photo Gallery for Schinia grandimedia - False Boneset Flower Moth

Photos: 9
Schinia grandimedia
Recorded by: Mark Basinger, Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-08-31
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Schinia grandimedia
Recorded by: Mark Basinger, Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-08-31
Richmond Co.
Comment:
Schinia grandimedia
Recorded by: Mark Basinger, Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-08-31
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Schinia grandimedia
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2025-08-29
Richmond Co.
Comment:
Schinia grandimedia
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, Larry Chen, Sarah Toner, Kaitlyn Elliott on 2025-08-16
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Schinia grandimedia
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2025-08-02
Richmond Co.
Comment:
Schinia grandimedia
Recorded by: J.B. Sullivan on 2022-08-28
Moore Co.
Comment: 		Schinia grandimedia
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan on 2022-08-28
Scotland Co.
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Schinia grandimedia
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan on 2022-08-28
Scotland Co.
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