Moths of North Carolina
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Dyspyralis illocata Warren, 1891 - Visitation Moth

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Hypenodinae		P3 Number:
930669		 MONA Number:
8426.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Beadle and Leckie (2012)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.
Dyspyralis illocataAlamance 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 Hanover 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: Most of our records come from mesic montane forests but we have too few records to determine the habitat preferences of this species
Larval Host Plants: Host plants are apparently unrecorded. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SNR [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 Dyspyralis illocata - Visitation Moth

Photos: 15
Dyspyralis illocata
Recorded by: David George, Kevin Bischof, Rich Teper, Patrick Coin on 2025-08-15
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Dyspyralis illocata
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Kevin Bischof on 2024-08-07
Transylvania Co.
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Dyspyralis illocata
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-08-05
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Dyspyralis illocata
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-07-12
Watauga Co.
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Dyspyralis illocata
Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-06-01
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Dyspyralis illocata
Recorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2024-05-13
Chatham Co.
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Dyspyralis illocata
Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-08-18
Caswell Co.
Comment: 		Dyspyralis illocata
Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-31
Macon Co.
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Dyspyralis illocata
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2023-07-26
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: Julie Tuttle on 2023-07-26
Macon Co.
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Dyspyralis illocata
Recorded by: John Petranka, Chuck Smith on 2023-06-09
Alleghany Co.
Comment: 		Dyspyralis illocata
Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2022-08-17
Buncombe Co.
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Dyspyralis illocata
Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-06-24
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Dyspyralis illocata
Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-06-18
Buncombe Co.
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Dyspyralis illocata
Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2014-05-20
Cabarrus Co.
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