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Hypocala andremona (Stoll, [1781]) - Hypocala Moth

Hypocala andremonaHypocala andremona
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Hypocalinae		P3 Number:
930627		 MONA Number:
8642.00		 Other Common Name:
American Hypocala Moth
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:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Hypocala andremonaAlamance 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:
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) and other species of Diospyros (Robinson et al., 2010). Records from Cuba include hickory (Carya) as well as tropical species of Euphorbia and rose. We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SU
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
Comments: The status of this species as a resident of North Carolina needs to be determined. While its host plant is common in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain -- areas where the moth has not been recorded -- it is rare in the Mountains where we have our only records for this species. Like several other primarily tropical species, this moth is probably here only as a migrant.

 Photo Gallery for Hypocala andremona - Hypocala Moth

Photos: 5
Hypocala andremonaRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-10-10
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Hypocala andremonaRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-10-10
Wake Co.
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Hypocala andremonaRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-10-10
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Hypocala andremonaRecorded by: J.B. Sullivan on 2020-09-16
Ashe Co.
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Hypocala andremonaRecorded by: J.B. Sullivan on 2016-08-04
Ashe Co.
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