Moths of North Carolina
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559 NC Records

Hypenopsis calusa J.-F. Landry & B. Landry - Black-spotted Schrankia Moth

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: ErebidaeSubfamily: HypenodinaeP3 Number: 930668.00 MONA Number: 8431.00 MONA Synonym: Schrankia macula
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984)Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Wingspan: 13-18 mm (Forbes, 1954)
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 from a wide range of habitats, with the majority from floodplains, shorelines, wet pine savannas, peatlands, swamps, and mesic hardwoods. Only a few come from drier habitats, including sandhills and dry slopes in the Piedmont and Mountains. Records are essentially missing from old fields, grasslands, and montane conifer forests.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae have been reported to feed on fungi (Covell, 1984; Robinson et al., 2010) - View
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See also Habitat Account for General Forests and Shrublands
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 S5
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 Hypenopsis calusa - Black-spotted Schrankia Moth

109 photos are available. Only the most recent 30 are shown.

Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-03-16
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: R. Newman on 2024-03-14
Carteret Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-03-07
Brunswick Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2023-11-18
Wilson Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-11-10
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-11-08
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2023-11-06
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2023-10-29
Wilson Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2023-10-26
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2023-10-26
Wilson Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2023-10-26
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-10-19
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-10-19
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-10-06
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2023-10-02
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2023-09-25
Caswell Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-09-11
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2023-09-01
Wilson Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2023-09-01
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-08-18
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-08-18
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-24
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-19
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-13
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-18
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2023-06-16
Transylvania Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-14
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-05-23
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper on 2023-05-21
New Hanover Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-04-13
Orange Co.
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