Moths of North Carolina
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Tampa dimediatella Ragonot, 1887 - Tampa Moth

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Pyraloidea		 Family:
Pyralidae		Subfamily:
Phycitinae		Tribe:
Phycitini		P3 Number:
80a0192		 MONA Number:
6028.00		 Other Common Name:
Red-striped Panic Grass Moth
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: 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.
Tampa dimediatellaAlamance 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:
Larval Host Plants: Host plants are apparently unknown. - View
Wikipedia
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR S3S4
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 Tampa dimediatella - Tampa Moth

Photos: 14
Tampa dimediatellaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-05-24
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Tampa dimediatellaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Jim Petranka, Becky Elkin on 2025-05-24
Richmond Co.
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Tampa dimediatellaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-05-24
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Tampa dimediatellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-05-23
Richmond Co.
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Tampa dimediatellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-05-23
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Tampa dimediatellaRecorded by: Jeff Niznik, David George on 2025-05-09
Cumberland Co.
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Tampa dimediatellaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Brian Bockhahn on 2025-05-09
Cumberland Co.
Comment: 		Tampa dimediatellaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper on 2024-04-16
New Hanover Co.
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Tampa dimediatellaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper, Erich Hofmann, Jesse Anderson on 2023-05-22
New Hanover Co.
Comment: 		Tampa dimediatellaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper on 2023-05-21
New Hanover Co.
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Tampa dimediatellaRecorded by: Mark Shields on 2020-08-22
Onslow Co.
Comment: 		Tampa dimediatellaRecorded by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn on 2016-09-05
Cumberland Co.
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Tampa dimediatellaRecorded by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn on 2016-09-05
Cumberland Co.
Comment: 		Tampa dimediatellaRecorded by: B. Bockhahn, P. Scharf on 2015-07-22
Stanly Co.
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