Moths of North Carolina
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211 NC Records

Hypenodes fractilinea (Smith, 1908) - Broken-line Hypenodes Moth

Hypenodes fractilineaHypenodes fractilineaHypenodes fractilineaHypenodes fractilinea
Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: ErebidaeSubfamily: HypenodinaeP3 Number: 930662 MONA Number: 8421.00
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.
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: 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 S4S5
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 Hypenodes fractilinea - Broken-line Hypenodes Moth

Photos: 30

Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Kevin Bischof on 2024-08-07
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-08-06
Transylvania Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-08-05
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-13
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-12
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-29
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Larry Chen on 2023-10-28
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2023-10-27
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-09-05
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-09-04
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-24
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-06-25
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-04-29
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson, Stephen Dunn on 2022-09-14
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn on 2022-09-09
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Steve Hall on 2022-08-02
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson, Stephen Dunn on 2022-07-15
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson, Stephen Dunn on 2022-06-18
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2022-06-07
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson, Stephen Dunn on 2022-06-04
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: John Petranka on 2022-05-29
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-05-21
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2022-05-03
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-10-25
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-10-22
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-09-12
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-09-23
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2019-07-01
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-08-14
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Robert Gilson on 0000-00-00
Mecklenburg Co.
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