Moths of North Carolina
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Lacosoma chiridota Grote, 1864 - Scalloped Sack-bearer Moth

Lacosoma chiridotaLacosoma chiridota
view caption 		Lacosoma chiridotaLacosoma chiridota
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Mimallonoidea		 Family:
Mimallonidae		P3 Number:
830001		 MONA Number:
7659.00
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.
Lacosoma chiridotaAlamance 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 from a wide variety of oak-containing habitats, ranging from maritime forests to bottomland forests to mafic barrens and woodland to dry ridges. Records from high elevation forests are missing, however, and we have relatively few from xeric sand ridges.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae reportedly feed on oaks, including White Oak (Quercus alba), Scarlet Oak (Q. coccinea), Bear Oak (Q. ilicifolia), Pin Oak (Q. palustris), Black Oak (Q. velutina), and Live Oak (Q. virginiana). It is unknown which oaks are used in North Carolina. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Oak-Hickory Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S5]
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 Lacosoma chiridota - Scalloped Sack-bearer Moth

 81 photos are available. Only the most recent 30 are shown.
Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-07-26
Brunswick Co.
Comment: 		Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2025-07-20
Transylvania Co.
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Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Michael P Morales on 2025-07-18
Cumberland Co.
Comment: 		Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Michael P Morales on 2025-07-18
Cumberland Co.
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Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-06-08
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Lior S. Carlson, Dean Furbish on 2024-08-17
Johnston Co.
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Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Dean Furbish, Lior S. Carlson on 2024-08-13
Pamlico Co.
Comment: 		Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Lior S. Carlson, Dean Furbish on 2024-08-13
Pamlico Co.
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Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2024-08-02
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2024-08-02
Chatham Co.
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Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-01
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-07-28
Rowan Co.
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Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin, Steve Hall, Carol Tingley, Tom Howard on 2024-07-27
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Jeff Niznik, David George on 2024-07-25
Durham Co.
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Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-07-17
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-07-14
Brunswick Co.
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Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-07-14
Brunswick Co.
Comment: 		Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-06-30
Buncombe Co.
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Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2024-06-19
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Lior S. Carlson, Dean Furbish on 2024-06-17
Lincoln Co.
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Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: John Petranka on 2024-06-07
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-05
Madison Co.
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Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-06-01
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2024-05-13
Chatham Co.
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Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-05-02
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-05-02
Wilson Co.
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Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-29
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Darryl Willis on 2024-04-21
Cabarrus Co.
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Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-08-18
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Lacosoma chiridotaRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-08-11
Wake Co.
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