Moths of North Carolina
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45 NC Records

Pyralis farinalis Linnaeus, 1758 - Meal Moth

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Pyraloidea Family: PyralidaeSubfamily: PyralinaeTribe: PyraliniP3 Number: 800072.00 MONA Number: 5510.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
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)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Our records come mainly from developed areas
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on fungi and other detritus; also on various herbaceous species (Robinson et al., 2010) - View
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SNA
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
Comments: Cosmopolitan; probably exotic in North America

 Photo Gallery for Pyralis farinalis - Meal Moth

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

Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2024-04-18
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-09-26
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: R. Newman on 2023-09-07
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2023-08-09
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: R. Newman on 2023-06-08
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: R. Newman on 2023-04-24
Carteret Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2023-03-30
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Morgan Freese on 2022-08-04
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2022-07-05
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2022-05-27
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2022-05-21
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2022-05-16
Guilford Co.
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Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-05-15
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2022-05-14
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: R. Newman on 2022-04-30
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Lior Carlson on 2021-08-20
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2021-06-18
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-05-27
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2021-05-26
Brunswick Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Bo Sullivan and Steve Hall on 2021-05-10
Moore Co.
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Recorded by: Erich Hofmann on 2021-05-03
New Hanover Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2021-04-26
Guilford Co.
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Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2020-10-12
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2020-08-23
Guilford Co.
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Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2020-08-06
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2020-08-03
Guilford Co.
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Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2020-07-19
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2020-06-01
Guilford Co.
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Recorded by: Steve Hall on 2020-05-16
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2020-05-03
Guilford Co.
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