Moths of North Carolina
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Cepphis decoloraria (Hulst, 1886) - Dark Scallop Moth

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Geometroidea		 Family:
Geometridae		Subfamily:
Ennominae		Tribe:
Anagogini		P3 Number:
91a1170		 MONA Number:
6834.00		 Other Common Name:
Slaty Scallop
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
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.
Cepphis decolorariaAlamance 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: The majority of our records come from bottomlands, swamp forests, and bogs. Even our sandhill records come from streamhead forests and we have none from dry or open habitats.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on birch (Betula), blackberry (Rubus), cherry (Prunus), and probably other species of hardwood trees and shrubs (Wagner et al., 2001). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Wet Hardwood Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G4 SNR [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 Cepphis decoloraria - Dark Scallop Moth

Photos: 9
Cepphis decolorariaRecorded by: David George on 2024-07-20
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Cepphis decolorariaRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2024-06-02
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Cepphis decolorariaRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2024-05-14
Transylvania Co.
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Cepphis decolorariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-06-24
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Cepphis decolorariaRecorded by: Owen McConnell on 2021-05-09
Graham Co.
Comment: 		Cepphis decolorariaRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-04-14
Wake Co.
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Cepphis decolorariaRecorded by: Owen McConnell on 2019-06-18
Graham Co.
Comment: 		Cepphis decolorariaRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2013-05-17
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Cepphis decolorariaRecorded by: T. DeSantis on 2012-08-31
Camden Co.
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