Moths of North Carolina
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101 NC Records

Homochlodes fritillaria (Guenée, [1858]) - Pale Homochlodes

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Geometroidea		 Family:
Geometridae		Subfamily:
Ennominae		Tribe:
Lithinini		P3 Number:
91a1140		 MONA Number:
6812.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable only by close inspection of structural features or by DNA analysis.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Homochlodes fritillaria
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: Our records come from high elevation hardwoods and Spruce-fir Forests, as well as cove forests and riparian forests. Some may also come from relatively dry hardwood sites.
Larval Host Plants: All members of this genus feed on ferns (Wagner et al., 2001), and H. fritillaria has specifically been reported to use Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum) (Ferguson, 1975). There is an iNaturalist record (Melinda Fawver, 2024) for a larva feeding on an unknown fern species. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Montane Fernlands
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S3S5]
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 Homochlodes fritillaria - Pale Homochlodes

Photos: 12

Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Kevin Bischof on 2024-08-07
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-08-06
Transylvania Co.
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Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-13
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-31
Macon Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-31
Macon Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper, Becky Watkins on 2023-07-30
Swain Co.
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Recorded by: David George on 2022-08-16
Avery Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-04-29
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Bo Sullivan on 2018-07-15
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Paul Scharf,B. Bockhahn, K. Kittelberger on 2014-06-08
Avery Co.
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Recorded by: Doug Blatny/Jackie Nelson on 2012-07-03
Ashe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Doug Blatny / Jackie Nelson on 2012-06-20
Ashe Co.
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