Moths of North Carolina

Scientific Name:	Common Name:		Family (Alpha):

View PDF	Erebidae Members:	Dyspyralis Members:	38 NC Records
Dyspyralis illocata Warren, 1891 - Visitation Moth

Taxonomy

Superfamily: Noctuoidea

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Hypenodinae

P3 Number: 930669.00

MONA Number: 8426.00

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) Click on graph to enlarge

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

Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR S3S4

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

Comments:

Photo Gallery for Dyspyralis illocata - Visitation Moth		Photos: 9
	Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-08-18 Caswell Co. Comment:	Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-31 Macon Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2023-07-26 Chatham Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Julie Tuttle on 2023-07-26 Macon Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: John Petranka, Chuck Smith on 2023-06-09 Alleghany Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2022-08-17 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-06-24 Buncombe Co. Comment:	Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-06-18 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2014-05-20 Cabarrus Co. Comment:

Photo Gallery for Dyspyralis illocata - Visitation Moth