Moths of North Carolina
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Dyspyralis puncticosta (Smith, 1908) - Spot-edged Dyspyralis

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Hypenodinae		P3 Number:
930670		 MONA Number:
8427.00
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 puncticostaAlamance 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%20Hanover 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: Our records come from hardwoods forests, including bottomlands, mesic slopes, and dry ridges
Larval Host Plants: Host plants appear to be unrecorded. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General 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 puncticosta - Spot-edged Dyspyralis

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Dyspyralis puncticostaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-08-06
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Dyspyralis puncticostaRecorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-07-27
Buncombe Co.
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Dyspyralis puncticostaRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-08-18
Caswell Co.
Comment: 		Dyspyralis puncticostaRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-08-10
Orange Co.
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Dyspyralis puncticostaRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-31
Macon Co.
Comment: 		Dyspyralis puncticostaRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper, Becky Watkins on 2023-07-30
Swain Co.
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Dyspyralis puncticostaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-06-06
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Dyspyralis puncticostaRecorded by: Stephen Hall on 2021-08-10
Orange Co.
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Dyspyralis puncticostaRecorded by: Owen McConnell on 2021-07-27
Graham Co.
Comment: 		Dyspyralis puncticostaRecorded by: Stephen Hall on 2020-06-01
Orange Co.
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Dyspyralis puncticostaRecorded by: Stephen Hall on 2019-07-26
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Dyspyralis puncticostaRecorded by: Darryl Willis on 2017-07-17
Cabarrus Co.
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Dyspyralis puncticostaRecorded by: Stephen Hall on 2011-08-02
Randolph Co.
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