Moths of North Carolina
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Acrobasis aurorella Ely, 1910 - No Common Name

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Pyraloidea		 Family:
Pyralidae		Subfamily:
Phycitinae		Tribe:
Phycitini		P3 Number:
80a0088		 MONA Number:
5670.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Neunzig (1996)                                                                                 
Structural photos
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.
Acrobasis aurorellaAlamance 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: North Carolina records come from cove forests in the Mountains and from at least one area of rich bottomland forest in the Piedmont
Larval Host Plants: Larval host plants appear to be unknown. - View
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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.
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 Photo Gallery for Acrobasis aurorella - None

Photos: 12
Acrobasis aurorellaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Kevin Bischof on 2024-08-07
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Acrobasis aurorellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-05-27
Madison Co.
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Acrobasis aurorellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-05-27
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Acrobasis aurorellaRecorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2023-07-30
Swain Co.
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Acrobasis aurorellaRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper, Becky Watkins on 2023-07-29
Swain Co.
Comment: 		Acrobasis aurorellaRecorded by: Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2023-07-26
Chatham Co.
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Acrobasis aurorellaRecorded by: David George on 2023-07-17
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Acrobasis aurorellaRecorded by: David George on 2023-07-17
Durham Co.
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Acrobasis aurorellaRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2022-06-09
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Acrobasis aurorellaRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2020-06-21
Guilford Co.
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Acrobasis aurorellaRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2020-06-21
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Acrobasis aurorellaRecorded by: Darryl Willis on 2019-06-13
Cabarrus Co.
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