Moths of North Carolina
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7 NC Records

Penthesilea sacculalis Ragonot, 1891 - Long-snouted Penthesilea

Penthesilea sacculalisPenthesilea sacculalis
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Pyraloidea		 Family:
Pyralidae		Subfamily:
Chrysauginae		Tribe:
[Chrysaugini]		P3 Number:
80a0020		 MONA Number:
5555.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
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Penthesilea sacculalis
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: Habitats are unrecorded at the few places this species has been found in North Carolina.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae have been reported on Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (Robinson et al., 2010). That species, however, is a South American species that has not been recorded north of Florida along the Atlantic Coast (Weakley, 2015).
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SU
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
Comments: This species may not be resident in North Carolina. Our records are obscure and may represent strays from further south.

 Photo Gallery for Penthesilea sacculalis - Long-snouted Penthesilea

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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Bo Sullivan on 2021-08-10
Moore Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Bo Sullivan and Steve Hall on 2021-06-08
Moore Co.
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