Moths of North Carolina
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63 NC Records

Dyspyralis nigellus (Strecker, 1900) - No Common Name

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: ErebidaeSubfamily: HypenodinaeP3 Number: 930671.00 MONA Number: 8428.00
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)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Our records come almost entirely from floodplains or non-riverine wet hardwoods
Larval Host Plants: Larval hosts appear to be unknown - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Wet-Hydric Forests
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.
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 Photo Gallery for Dyspyralis nigellus - No common name

Photos: 9

Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-08-18
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-07-16
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-06-06
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-05-29
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-05-23
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-05-23
Orange Co.
Comment: Two were very fresh
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2021-08-10
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2021-08-06
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-07-02
Madison Co.
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