Moths of North Carolina
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6 NC Records

Anomis illita Guenée, 1852 - Okra Leafworm Moth

Anomis illitaAnomis illita
Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: ErebidaeSubfamily: ScoliopteryginaeTribe: AnominiP3 Number: 930608 MONA Number: 8551.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: 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:
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Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on a large number of species in the Malvaceae (Robinson et al., 2011). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
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Status in North Carolina
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State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
Comments: This species is widespread in both the Old World and New World Tropics. It is probably a rare migrant in our area

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Recorded by: Dean Furbish, Lior S. Carlson on 2024-08-12
Pamlico Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: J.B. Sullivan on 2020-10-15
Ashe Co.
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