Moths of North Carolina
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6 NC Records

Oxycilla mitographa (Grote, 1873) - No Common Name

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Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: ErebidaeSubfamily: RivulinaeP3 Number: 930598 MONA Number: 8408.00
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:
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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 wet-mesic habitats but are too few to indicate habitat preferences
Larval Host Plants: Host plants are apparently unknown, but an Arizonan species in this genus feeds on Desmodium (Wagner et al., 2011) - View
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Status in North Carolina
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State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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