Moths of North Carolina
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Hypena sordidula Grote, 1872 - Sordid Snout

Hypena sordidulaHypena sordidula
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Hypeninae		P3 Number:
930570		 MONA Number:
8448.00		 Other Common Names:
Sordid Hypena, Sordid Bomolocha
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 sordidula); 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 sordidulaAlamance 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.
Immature 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: immatures.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats: North Carolina records come mainly from cove forests and alluvial forests in the Mountains; it also occupies at least a few rich alluvial forests in the Piedmont and possibly the Coastal Plain.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on Wood-nettle (Laportea), with reports from Butternut (Juglans cinerea) and alder (Alnus) apparently in error (Wagner et al., 2011). - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Rich Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [W-PK]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G4 SNR [S2S3]
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 sordidula - Sordid Snout

Photos: 12
Hypena sordidula
Recorded by: Joye Zhou on 2025-09-01
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Hypena sordidula
Recorded by: Joye Zhou on 2025-09-01
Durham Co.
Comment:
Hypena sordidula
Recorded by: Joye Zhou on 2025-09-01
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Hypena sordidula
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-07-26
Madison Co.
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Hypena sordidula
Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2025-05-20
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Hypena sordidula
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-05
Madison Co.
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Hypena sordidula
Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-04-18
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Hypena sordidula
Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-05-13
Buncombe Co.
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Hypena sordidula
Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-04-30
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Hypena sordidula
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-05-03
Madison Co.
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Hypena sordidula
Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2018-07-28
Cabarrus Co.
Comment: 		Hypena sordidula
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-07-09
Madison Co.
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