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Olceclostera angelica (Grote, 1864) - Angel Moth

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Bombycoidea		 Family:
Bombycidae		Subfamily:
Apatelodinae		P3 Number:
890004		 MONA Number:
7665.00		 Other Common Name:
The Angel
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.
Olceclostera angelicaAlamance 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.
Immature 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: immatures.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Our records from the Coastal Plain come from bottomland forests but not swamps, indicating that Green Ash may be the most important host plant in that region. In the Piedmont, we again have records mainly from bottomlands but also from upland sites where White Ash is the prevalent species. In the Mountains, we have many records from upland sites underlain by Amphibolite, as well as from riparian habitats along the New River that drains the area of the Amphibolite Mountains. In addition, however, we have at least some records from the Great Smokies and Natahala Mountains where the presence of mafic rock and other circumneutral substrates is less clear.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on ash (Fraxinus) and lilac (Syringa), both members of the Oleaceae (Wagner, 2005). In North Carolina, larvae have been recorded feeding on White Ash (F. americana) and Green Ash (F. pennsylvanica). - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Ash Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [W-TH]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S2S3]
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
Comments: This species is still widely observed, although in small numbers, but is likely to decline as its host plants succumb to the attacks of the Emerald Ash Borer.

 Photo Gallery for Olceclostera angelica - Angel Moth

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Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-05-17
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-05-17
Wilson Co.
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Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: John Petranka on 2024-07-31
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: John Petranka on 2024-07-11
Watauga Co.
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Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-07-08
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2024-06-25
McDowell Co.
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Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: Owen McConnell on 2024-06-23
Graham Co.
Comment: 		Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: John Petranka on 2024-06-19
Watauga Co.
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Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: John Petranka on 2024-06-07
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-06-01
Chatham Co.
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Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2024-05-13
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-08-18
Orange Co.
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Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: John Petranka on 2023-08-06
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: Emily Stanley on 2023-07-23
Yancey Co.
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Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-07-04
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-07-04
Wake Co.
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Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-07-04
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-18
Orange Co.
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Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-14
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-06-03
Orange Co.
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Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: John Petranka on 2022-08-01
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2022-07-27
Chatham Co.
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Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-07-11
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: Richard Teper on 2022-06-26
Avery Co.
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Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-07-06
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: tom ward on 2021-06-24
Buncombe Co.
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Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: tom ward on 2021-06-19
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: tom ward on 2021-06-19
Buncombe Co.
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Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: Darryl Willis on 2021-04-03
Cabarrus Co.
Comment: 		Olceclostera angelicaRecorded by: Darryl Willis on 2021-04-03
Cabarrus Co.
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