Moths of North Carolina
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Heterocampa astarte Doubleday, 1841 - No Common Name

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Notodontidae		Subfamily:
Heterocampinae		P3 Number:
930069		 MONA Number:
7977.00
Comments: One of 21 species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010), seven of which have been recorded in North Carolina.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: 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.
Heterocampa astarteAlamance 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: The majority of our records come from barrier islands where stands of evergreen oaks occur. It has also been frequently observed in Coastal Fringe Sandhill habitats on the mainland and in xeric sand ridges forming Carolina Bay rims as far west as Bladen County. One historic record exists from Transylvania County but probably represents either an error or an extreme stray.
Larval Host Plants: The preferred larval host plant is Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) (Wagner, 2005). Sand Live Oak (Quercus geminata) is a possible secondary host, as shown by a BugGuide record (rjspeer, 2015) from Florida. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Live Oak Forests and Maritime Scrub Thickets
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G4? SNR [S2S4]
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 Heterocampa astarte - None

Photos: 23
Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: R. Newman on 2025-07-29
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: R. Newman on 2025-05-23
Carteret Co.
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Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: R. Newman on 2025-05-08
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-09-01
Brunswick Co.
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Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-09-01
Brunswick Co.
Comment: 		Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: R. Newman on 2023-08-14
Carteret Co.
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Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: R. Newman on 2022-08-16
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: R. Newman on 2022-05-15
Carteret Co.
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Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: R. Newman on 2022-04-24
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2021-08-28
Brunswick Co.
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Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: R. Newman on 2021-07-21
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: R. Newman on 2021-05-28
Carteret Co.
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Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: R. Newman on 2021-05-15
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: R. Newman on 2021-05-09
Carteret Co.
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Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: Britta Muiznieks on 2014-05-24
Dare Co.
Comment: 		Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: Britta Muiznieks on 2014-05-23
Dare Co.
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Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: Britta Muiznieks on 2014-05-04
Dare Co.
Comment: 		Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: Britta Muiznieks on 2014-05-02
Dare Co.
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Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: E. Corey, T. DeSantis on 2012-04-17
Onslow Co.
Comment: 		Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: Newman,Randy on 2007-05-16
Carteret Co.
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Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: Newman, Randy on 2006-09-11
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: Newman, Randy on 2004-08-23
Carteret Co.
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Heterocampa astarte
Recorded by: Newman, Randy on 2004-07-09
Carteret Co.
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