Moths of North Carolina
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12 NC Records

Melanomma auricinctaria Grote, 1875 - Gold-lined Melanomma Moth

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: ErebidaeSubfamily: HypeninaeP3 Number: 930591.00 MONA Number: 8412.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Photographs: 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.
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 all come from river, swamp, and pond shorelines
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on Buttonbush (Robinson et al., 2010; larvae photographed on Cephalanthus by Patrick Smiley, BugGuide, accessed 2019). They have also been recorded on both blueberries and huckleberries (Robinson et al., 2010) - View
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See also Habitat Account for Shoreline Shrublands
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G4 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 Melanomma auricinctaria - Gold-lined Melanomma Moth

Photos: 3

Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2016-07-26
Cabarrus Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Ed Corey on 2016-06-24
Washington Co.
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Recorded by: J.B. Sullivan on 2013-07-06
Mecklenburg Co.
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