Moths of North Carolina

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Hypenodes fractilinea (Smith, 1908) - Broken-lined Hypenodes

$Hypenodes fractilinea$

Taxonomy

Superfamily:
Noctuoidea

Family:
Erebidae

Subfamily:
Hypenodinae

P3 Number:
930662

MONA Number:
8421.00

Other Common Name:
Broken-line Hypenodes Moth

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)

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.

	$Hypenodes fractilinea$
Flight Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Almost all of our records come from wet habitats, including peatlands, bottomland forests, wet pine savannas, Piedmont and mountain bogs. Grasses and sedges are common features of many, if not all, of these sites.

Larval Host Plants: Host plants appear to be unrecorded. - View

Wikipedia

See also Habitat Account for General Sedge, Grass, and Rush Mires

Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G4 SNR [S4S5]

State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.

Comments:

Photo Gallery for Hypenodes fractilinea - Broken-lined Hypenodes

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$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, David George, Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger, Becky Elkin on 2025-08-29 Richmond Co. Comment:	$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2025-08-16 Orange Co. Comment:
$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2025-07-24 Mecklenburg Co. Comment:	$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: Melody McMichael on 2025-06-26 Forsyth Co. Comment:
$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, David George, Larry Chen, Sarah Toner, Joye Zhou on 2025-06-20 Richmond Co. Comment:	$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: Dean Furbish, Lior S. Carlson on 2025-06-18 Alamance Co. Comment:
$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2025-05-08 Transylvania Co. Comment:	$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Kevin Bischof on 2024-08-07 Transylvania Co. Comment:
$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-08-06 Transylvania Co. Comment:	$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-08-05 Transylvania Co. Comment:
$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-15 Madison Co. Comment:	$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-13 Madison Co. Comment:
$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-12 Madison Co. Comment:	$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-29 Chatham Co. Comment:
$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Larry Chen on 2023-10-28 Orange Co. Comment:	$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2023-10-27 Orange Co. Comment:
$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-09-05 Buncombe Co. Comment:	$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-09-04 Orange Co. Comment:
$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-24 Orange Co. Comment:	$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-06-25 Orange Co. Comment:
$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-04-29 Orange Co. Comment:	$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson, Stephen Dunn on 2022-09-14 Orange Co. Comment:
$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn on 2022-09-09 Orange Co. Comment:	$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: Steve Hall on 2022-08-02 Durham Co. Comment:
$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson, Stephen Dunn on 2022-07-15 Orange Co. Comment:	$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson, Stephen Dunn on 2022-06-18 Orange Co. Comment:
$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2022-06-07 Guilford Co. Comment:	$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson, Stephen Dunn on 2022-06-04 Orange Co. Comment:
$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: John Petranka on 2022-05-29 Orange Co. Comment:	$Hypenodes fractilinea$	Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-05-21 Buncombe Co. Comment: