Moths of North Carolina
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Selenisa sueroides (Guenée, 1852) - Pale-edged Selenisa

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Erebinae		Tribe:
Ophiusini		P3 Number:
930981		 MONA Number:
8658.00
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:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Selenisa sueroidesAlamance 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 primarily on species in the Leguminosae, including partridge-pea (Chamaecrista) and locust (Robinia); other recorded hosts include rattlebox (Crotalaria), Senna, and Sesbania (Robinson et al., 2010). Based on numerous BugGuide records from Florida, Sesbania appears to be a primary host, particularly Bagpod (S. vesicaria), and there are two recent iNaturalist records from North Carolina showing larvae apparently feeding on Sesbania. - View
Wikipedia
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: W-PK
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: No evidence exists that this species has a breeding population in North Carolina.

 Photo Gallery for Selenisa sueroides - Pale-edged Selenisa

Photos: 4
Selenisa sueroidesRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2022-09-19
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Selenisa sueroidesRecorded by: Mark Shields on 2020-11-06
Onslow Co.
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Selenisa sueroidesRecorded by: Kyhl Austin on 2016-10-20
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 		Selenisa sueroidesRecorded by: Darryl Willis on 2010-10-12
Cabarrus Co.
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