Moths of North Carolina
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125 NC Records

Lacosoma chiridota Grote, 1864 - Scalloped Sack-bearer Moth

Lacosoma chiridotaLacosoma chiridota
view caption 		Lacosoma chiridotaLacosoma chiridota
Taxonomy
Superfamily: Mimallonoidea Family: MimallonidaeP3 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.
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 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 feed on oaks (Wagner, 2005) - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Oak-Hickory Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 S4S5
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

71 photos are available. Only the most recent 30 are shown.

Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2024-08-02
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2024-08-02
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-01
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-07-28
Rowan Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin, Steve Hall, Carol Tingley, Tom Howard on 2024-07-27
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-07-17
Wilson Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-07-14
Brunswick Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-07-14
Brunswick Co.
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Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-06-30
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2024-06-19
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Lior S. Carlson, Dean Furbish on 2024-06-17
Lincoln Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-05
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-06-01
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2024-05-13
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-05-02
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-05-02
Wilson Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-29
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2024-04-21
Cabarrus Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-08-18
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-08-11
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-06
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-07-04
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2023-07-02
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-06-25
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-06-17
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-14
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-06-05
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-08-03
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Richard Teper on 2022-06-29
Avery Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George on 2022-06-22
Caswell Co.
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