Moths of North Carolina
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Arugisa lutea (Smith, 1900) - Common Arugisa

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Scoleocampinae		P3 Number:
930634		 MONA Number:
8509.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984; as Arugisa latiorella); 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.
Arugisa luteaAlamance 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 forested and open habitats
Larval Host Plants: Larvae have been recorded on live and dead grasses and have also been reared on algae (Wagner et al., 2011). - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Forests and Fields
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 Arugisa lutea - Common Arugisa

 51 photos are available. Only the most recent 30 are shown.
Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-07-29
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2025-07-24
Mecklenburg Co.
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Arugisa luteaRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2024-09-12
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Richard Teper on 2024-08-24
Durham Co.
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Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2024-08-14
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Arugisa luteaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2024-08-02
Chatham Co.
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Arugisa luteaRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2024-06-24
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-02
Madison Co.
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Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-29
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-09-12
Madison Co.
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Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-09-10
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-08-31
Madison Co.
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Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-08-30
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-08-30
Madison Co.
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Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-08-30
Madison Co.
Comment: A view of the heavily tufted palps of this species. 		Arugisa luteaRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-08-18
Caswell Co.
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Arugisa luteaRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-06-25
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-18
Orange Co.
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Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-18
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Arugisa luteaRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-06-03
Orange Co.
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Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2023-05-31
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Arugisa luteaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper on 2023-05-21
New Hanover Co.
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Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2022-08-24
Clay Co.
Comment: 		Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-08-20
Madison Co.
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Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2022-06-20
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Dean Furbish and Joy Wiggins on 2022-06-06
Wake Co.
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Arugisa luteaRecorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson, Stephen Dunn on 2022-06-04
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-09-14
Madison Co.
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Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-09-13
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Arugisa luteaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-09-07
Madison Co.
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