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Hypena palparia (Walker, 1861) - Mottled Snout

Hypena palpariaHypena palpariaHypena palparia
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Hypeninae		P3 Number:
930565		 MONA Number:
8444.00		 Other Common Names:
Mottled Hypena, Mottled Bomolocha, Variegated Snout
Comments: One of 29 species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010). Fifteen species have been recorded in North Carolina.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984; as Bomolocha palparia); 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.
Hypena palpariaAlamance 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 primarily from rich, wet-mesic stands of hardwoods.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), American Hop-hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana), and hazels (Corylus) (Wagner et al., 2011). - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Corylaceous Thickets and Understories
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 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 Hypena palparia - Mottled Snout

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Hypena palpariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-06-08
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Hypena palpariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-05-06
Madison Co.
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Hypena palpariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-04-26
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Hypena palpariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-04-23
Madison Co.
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Hypena palpariaRecorded by: Emily Stanley on 2025-04-18
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Hypena palpariaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-04-05
Chatham Co.
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Hypena palpariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-08-22
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Hypena palpariaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-04
Mitchell Co.
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Hypena palpariaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin, Steve Hall, Carol Tingley, Tom Howard on 2024-07-27
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Hypena palpariaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin, Steve Hall, Carol Tingley, Tom Howard on 2024-07-27
Chatham Co.
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Hypena palpariaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin, Steve Hall, Carol Tingley, Tom Howard on 2024-07-27
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Hypena palpariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-07-25
Madison Co.
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Hypena palpariaRecorded by: David George on 2024-07-04
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Hypena palpariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-13
Madison Co.
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Hypena palpariaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-06-10
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Hypena palpariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-07
Madison Co.
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Hypena palpariaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-06-01
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Hypena palpariaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-25
Chatham Co.
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Hypena palpariaRecorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2024-05-13
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Hypena palpariaRecorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2024-05-13
Chatham Co.
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Hypena palpariaRecorded by: Stephen Hall, David George, and David Bradley on 2024-05-07
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Hypena palpariaRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-29
Chatham Co.
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Hypena palpariaRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-29
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Hypena palpariaRecorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-04-17
Buncombe Co.
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Hypena palpariaRecorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2024-04-02
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Hypena palpariaRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper, Becky Watkins on 2023-07-30
Swain Co.
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Hypena palpariaRecorded by: Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-26
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Hypena palpariaRecorded by: Michael P. Morales on 2023-07-22
Cumberland Co.
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Hypena palpariaRecorded by: Michael P. Morales on 2023-07-22
Cumberland Co.
Comment: 		Hypena palpariaRecorded by: Michael P. Morales on 2023-07-22
Cumberland Co.
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