Moths of North Carolina
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Acrobasis Members:
3 NC Records

Acrobasis elyi Neunzig, 1970 - No Common Name

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Pyraloidea		 Family:
Pyralidae		Subfamily:
Phycitinae		Tribe:
Phycitini		P3 Number:
80a0081		 MONA Number:
5666.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, 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.
Acrobasis elyi
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Immature 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 are all historic and lack habitat information except for the fact that the larvae were collected on Mockernut Hickory.
Larval Host Plants: The preferred larval host appears to be Mockernut Hickory (Carya tomentosa) (Neunzig, 1972; Eiseman, 2022). - View
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See also Habitat Account for General Oak-Hickory Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SHS1
State Protection:
Comments: Known only from historic records but probably undersurveyed.