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

Hypenopsis calusaHypenopsis calusaHypenopsis calusa
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Hypenodinae		P3 Number:
930668		 MONA Number:
8431.00		 MONA Synonym:
Schrankia macula		Other Common Name:
Black-spotted Schrankia Moth
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984)Online Resources: 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.
Hypenopsis calusaAlamance 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 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
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Forests and Shrublands
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [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 Hypenopsis

 134 photos are available. Only the most recent 30 are shown.
Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-07-05
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-07-04
Wilson Co.
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Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: David George, David Cheng, Patrick Coin on 2025-06-29
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-06-11
Wilson Co.
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Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: John Petranka and Sally Gewalt on 2025-04-29
Warren Co.
Comment: 		Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-04-29
Wilson Co.
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Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: John Petranka, Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-04-14
Bladen Co.
Comment: 		Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Simpson Eason on 2024-11-07
Durham Co.
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Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2024-11-05
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-11-04
Orange Co.
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Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: B. Bockhahn on 2024-10-25
Pender Co.
Comment: 		Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: B. Bockhahn on 2024-10-25
Pender Co.
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Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-10-19
Brunswick Co.
Comment: 		Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-10-07
Wilson Co.
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Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-09-27
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Jeff Niznik, Larry Chen on 2024-09-23
Orange Co.
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Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Jeff Niznik, David George on 2024-09-07
Alamance Co.
Comment: 		Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2024-08-02
Chatham Co.
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Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-25
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Stephen Hall, David George, and David Bradley on 2024-05-07
Durham Co.
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Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-05-07
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, David George on 2024-03-31
Orange Co.
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Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, David George on 2024-03-31
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-03-16
Orange Co.
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Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: R. Newman on 2024-03-14
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-03-07
Brunswick Co.
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Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2023-11-18
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-11-10
Orange Co.
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Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-11-08
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Hypenopsis calusaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2023-11-06
Wilson Co.
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