Moths of North Carolina
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Callizzia amorata Packard, 1876 - Gray Scoopwing

Callizzia amorataCallizzia amorataCallizzia amorata
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Geometroidea		 Family:
Uraniidae		Subfamily:
Epipleminae		P3 Number:
91a0002		 MONA Number:
7650.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); 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.
Callizzia amorataAlamance 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: Our records come mainly from mesic hardwood forests but with one record from a rich levee forest. We do not have any records from dry sites with a mixture of pines, where Coral Honeysuckle can be common.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on honeysuckles, including bush-honeysuckle (Diervilla) but perhaps not Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) (Wagner et al., 2001). Snowberry (Symphoricarpos) is used at least in the Pacific Northwest (Pacific Northwest Moths Website, accessed 2022-11-17). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Rich Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 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 Callizzia amorata - Gray Scoopwing

Photos: 10
Callizzia amorataRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-10
Mitchell Co.
Comment: 		Callizzia amorataRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-10
Mitchell Co.
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Callizzia amorataRecorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-09
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Callizzia amorataRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-06-25
Orange Co.
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Callizzia amorataRecorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-07-01
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Callizzia amorataRecorded by: tom ward on 2021-07-21
Buncombe Co.
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Callizzia amorataRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-05-15
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Callizzia amorataRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-05-22
Guilford Co.
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Callizzia amorataRecorded by: Alicia Ballard on 2018-08-14
Alamance Co.
Comment: 		Callizzia amorataRecorded by: David L. Heavner on 2018-08-14
Buncombe Co.
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