Moths of North Carolina
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47 NC Records

Petrophila canadensis (Munroe, 1972) - Canadian Petrophila Moth

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Taxonomy
Family: CrambidaeSubfamily: AcentropinaeTribe: ArgyractiniP3 Number: 80a1345 MONA Number: 4779.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Distribution in North Carolina
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Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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 Photo Gallery for Petrophila canadensis - Canadian Petrophila Moth

53 photos are available. Only the most recent 30 are shown.

Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-09-21
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2024-09-20
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2024-09-20
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-09
Mitchell Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-04
Mitchell Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-04
Mitchell Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2024-08-02
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin, Steve Hall, Carol Tingley, Tom Howard on 2024-07-27
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: David George on 2024-07-04
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2024-06-29
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin on 2024-06-22
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin on 2024-06-22
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin on 2024-06-22
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-12
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-06-10
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-05
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-06-01
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-25
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2024-05-13
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2024-05-13
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-29
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-29
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-09-25
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-26
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-26
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: John Petranka, David George, Sally Gewalt on 2023-04-24
Alamance Co.
Comment: One of tens of thousands of individuals that had recently emerged from the Haw River.
Recorded by: John Petranka, David George, Sally Gewalt on 2023-04-24
Alamance Co.
Comment: One of tens of thousands of individuals that had recently emerged from the Haw River. 		Recorded by: John Petranka, David George, Sally Gewalt on 2023-04-24
Alamance Co.
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Recorded by: Carol Ann McCormick on 2023-04-23
Alamance Co.
Comment: There were thousands of these small moths along the banks of the Haw River. There were clouds of them, close to the edge of the river. 		Recorded by: Carol Ann McCormick on 2023-04-23
Alamance Co.
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