Moths of North Carolina
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Streptopalpia minusculalis (Möschler, 1890) - No Common Name

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Pyraloidea		 Family:
Pyralidae		Subfamily:
Chrysauginae		P3 Number:
80a0030		 MONA Number:
5565.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Streptopalpia minusculalisAlamance 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: Our one record comes from a lakeshore.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on members of the Bignoniaceae (Robinson et al., 2010). BugGuide (accessed 2020-10-29) lists Trumpet-creeper (Campsis radicans) as one of its hosts. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Wet Forests and Successional Fields
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: [GNR] SNR
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
Comments: The status of this species as a resident of North Carolina needs to be confirmed.