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Nigetia formosalis Walker, 1866 - Thin-winged Owlet Moth

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Scoleocampinae		P3 Number:
930655		 MONA Number:
8440.00		 Other Common Name:
Fetching Halfling
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); 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.
Nigetia formosalisAlamance 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 almost entirely from hardwood forests, but covering the range from maritime forests to swamps and bottomlands to northern hardwoods at elevations above 4,000 feet. The majority come from wet to mesic sites but there are also some from sandridges and dry ridges.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae have been reared on tree algae and probably also feed on lichens (T., McCabe, cited by Wagner et al., 2011). - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Hardwood Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G4 SNR [S4S5]
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 Nigetia formosalis - Thin-winged Owlet Moth

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Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-05-24
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Jim Petranka, Becky Elkin on 2025-05-24
Richmond Co.
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Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-05-24
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2025-05-24
Transylvania Co.
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Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Allison Garton on 2025-05-23
Moore Co.
Comment: 		Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-05-08
Wilson Co.
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Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-05-01
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-05-01
Wilson Co.
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Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Owen McConnell on 2024-08-04
Graham Co.
Comment: 		Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: John Petranka on 2024-07-10
Watauga Co.
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Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Owen McConnell on 2024-05-25
Graham Co.
Comment: 		Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2024-05-24
Transylvania Co.
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Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-05-20
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-09-05
Buncombe Co.
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Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2023-08-20
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Owen McConnell on 2023-08-19
Graham Co.
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Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Emily Stanley on 2023-07-29
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-07-06
Madison Co.
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Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-05-23
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2023-05-15
Transylvania Co.
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Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: David George, Stephen Hall on 2023-04-26
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2022-05-17
Chatham Co.
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Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Vin Stanton on 2021-09-17
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-08-29
Madison Co.
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Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Richard Teper on 2021-08-22
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Bo Sullivan on 2021-08-02
Ashe Co.
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Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2021-07-12
Ashe Co.
Comment: 		Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: tom ward on 2021-06-19
Buncombe Co.
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Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-06-14
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Nigetia formosalisRecorded by: Vin Stanton on 2021-06-02
Buncombe Co.
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