Moths of North Carolina
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Peridea basitriens (Walker, 1855) - Oval-based Prominent

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Notodontidae		Subfamily:
Phalerinae		P3 Number:
930048		 MONA Number:
7919.00
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.
Peridea basitriensAlamance 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 Hanover 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: Most of our records come from mesic hardwood forests in the Mountains, where Sugar Maple is the main host plant. Piedmont records come from bottomland forests as well as upland areas with mafic substrates.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) and related species (Wagner, 2005). In the Piedmont, Florida Maple (A. floridanum) is probably a primary host (Miller et al., 2018). In North Carolina, we have one confirmed record (iNaturalist - CaterpillarsCount, 2019) of a larva feeding on Sugar Maple at a botanical garden in the Piedmont, outside of the tree's normal range. - View
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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 Peridea basitriens - Oval-based Prominent

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Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Dean Furbish, Lior S. Carlson on 2025-08-12
Alamance Co.
Comment: 		Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-07-29
Madison Co.
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Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Michael P. Morales on 2025-06-23
Cumberland Co.
Comment: 		Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Michael P. Morales on 2025-06-23
Cumberland Co.
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Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: John Petranka on 2024-09-04
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Kenneth Geisert, David Bradley, Julie Tuttle, Patrick Coin, Kaitlyn Elliott, Becky Watkins on 2024-08-17
Durham Co.
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Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Mark Basinger on 2024-08-06
Mitchell Co.
Comment: 		Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Mark Basinger on 2024-08-06
Mitchell Co.
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Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin, Steve Hall, Carol Tingley, Tom Howard on 2024-07-27
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-07-12
Watauga Co.
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Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-07-08
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin on 2024-06-22
Chatham Co.
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Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin on 2024-06-22
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-06-19
Madison Co.
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Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-06-19
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: David George, Steve Hall, Patrick Coin, Mark Basinger on 2024-06-16
Chatham Co.
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Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: David George, Steve Hall, Patrick Coin, Mark Basinger on 2024-06-16
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-06-01
Chatham Co.
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Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-25
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Chuck Smith on 2023-08-24
Davidson Co.
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Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Chuck Smith on 2023-08-24
Davidson Co.
Comment: 		Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2023-08-21
Durham Co.
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Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-08-18
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2023-08-09
Durham Co.
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Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Chuck Smith on 2023-07-27
Davidson Co.
Comment: 		Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-26
Chatham Co.
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Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-26
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-07-16
Orange Co.
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Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: Chuck Smith on 2023-07-07
Davidson Co.
Comment: 		Peridea basitriens
Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-07-07
Orange Co.
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