Moths of North Carolina
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View PDFErebidae Members: Oxycilla Members: 8 NC Records

Oxycilla mitographa (Grote, 1873) - No Common Name

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Rivulinae		P3 Number:
930598		 MONA Number:
8408.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: 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 mitographaAlamance 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 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
Natural Heritage Program Status:
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 mitographa - None

Photos: 3
Oxycilla mitographaRecorded by: J.B. Sullivan on 2008-05-04
Jones Co.
Comment: 		Oxycilla mitographaRecorded by: J.B.Sullivan on 2006-06-24
Jones Co.
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Oxycilla mitographaRecorded by: J.B.Sullivan on 2006-06-24
Jones Co.
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