Moths of North Carolina
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Dyspyralis nigellus (Strecker, 1900) - No Common Name

Dyspyralis nigellusDyspyralis nigellus
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Hypenodinae		P3 Number:
930671		 MONA Number:
8428.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: 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.
Dyspyralis nigellusAlamance 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: Our records come almost entirely from floodplains or non-riverine wet hardwoods
Larval Host Plants: Larval hosts appear to be unrecorded. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Wet-Hydric 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 nigellus - None

Photos: 12
Dyspyralis nigellus
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-05-21
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Dyspyralis nigellus
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-09-06
Wilson Co.
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Dyspyralis nigellus
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin, Steve Hall, Carol Tingley, Tom Howard on 2024-07-27
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Dyspyralis nigellus
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-08-18
Orange Co.
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Dyspyralis nigellus
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-07-16
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Dyspyralis nigellus
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-06-06
Durham Co.
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Dyspyralis nigellus
Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-05-29
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Dyspyralis nigellus
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-05-23
Orange Co.
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Dyspyralis nigellus
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-05-23
Orange Co.
Comment: Two were very fresh		Dyspyralis nigellus
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2021-08-10
Orange Co.
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Dyspyralis nigellus
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2021-08-06
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Dyspyralis nigellus
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-07-02
Madison Co.
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