Moths of North Carolina
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27 NC Records

Idaea furciferata (Packard, 1873) - Notch-winged Wave

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Geometroidea		 Family:
Geometridae		Subfamily:
Sterrhinae		Tribe:
Sterrhini		P3 Number:
91a0058		 MONA Number:
7108.00
Comments: One of thirty species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Pohl et al., 2016). Thirteen have been recorded in North Carolina.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Structural photos
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
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Idaea furciferata
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 mainly from fairly dry, open habitats. In the Coastal Plain, we have records from sandhill habitats; in the Piedmont, we have records both from mafic barrens, glades, Piedmont Longleaf glades, and dry monadnock forests; in the Mountains, our records come from lakeshore and residential areas.
Larval Host Plants: Host plants are poorly documented. Heppner (2007) lists clover (Trifolium) and dandelion (Taraxacum), but it is unclear if this is based on captive rearing records. We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G4 SNR [S2S4]
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 Idaea furciferata - Notch-winged Wave

Photos: 10

Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-06-01
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Chuck Smith on 2023-06-29
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-06-24
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-06-20
Caswell Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-07-08
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-07-04
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-06-20
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-07-09
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-06-23
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2013-06-15
Cabarrus Co.
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