Moths of North Carolina
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Oxycilla malaca (Grote, 1873) - Bent-lined Tan Moth

Oxycilla malacaOxycilla malacaOxycilla malaca
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Rivulinae		P3 Number:
930597		 MONA Number:
8407.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Structural photos
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.
Oxycilla malacaAlamance 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 all come from montane floodplains or shorelines
Larval Host Plants: Hosts are poorly documented, but there is a BugGuide record (George Smiley, 2023) of a larva on Panicled Tick-trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum) in Texas. That species, however, occurs across the state and in a wide range of habitats. Consequently, it does not provide much insight into what appear to be the fairly restricted habitats used by this moth. Other species of Desmodium may be more likely to be important hosts for this species. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Montane Wet-Hydric Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [W-PK]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G4? SNR [S2S3]
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 Oxycilla malaca - Bent-lined Tan Moth

Photos: 6
Oxycilla malacaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-13
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Oxycilla malacaRecorded by: tom ward on 2022-07-19
Buncombe Co.
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Oxycilla malacaRecorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2022-05-17
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Oxycilla malacaRecorded by: tom ward on 2021-08-13
Buncombe Co.
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Oxycilla malacaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-07-19
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Oxycilla malacaRecorded by: Darryl Willis on 2013-05-16
Cabarrus Co.
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