Moths of North Carolina
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Mocis latipes (Guenée, 1852) - Small Mocis

Mocis latipesMocis latipes
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Erebinae		Tribe:
Euclidiini		P3 Number:
930942		 MONA Number:
8743.00		 Other Common Name:
Striped Grass Looper
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult Markings: Strongly mottled and usually with a distinct median band and circular subreniform spot (Forbes, 1954)
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.
Mocis latipesAlamance 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: The majority (well over 80%) of our records come from the Coastal Plain, including from maritime dunes, savannas, and sand ridges.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on grasses, including crops such as corn, rice, sorghum, and sugarcane; turf grasses and pasture grasses (Wagner et al., 2011). - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Successional and Semi-Natural Grasslands
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S3S5]
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 Mocis latipes - Small Mocis

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Mocis latipesRecorded by: Simpson Eason on 2024-09-28
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Mocis latipesRecorded by: Simpson Eason on 2024-09-28
Durham Co.
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Mocis latipesRecorded by: R. Newman on 2024-08-14
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Mocis latipesRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-09-11
Wake Co.
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Mocis latipesRecorded by: Darryl Willis on 2020-08-10
Cabarrus Co.
Comment: 		Mocis latipesRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2018-10-31
Guilford Co.
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Mocis latipesRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2018-10-31
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Mocis latipesRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2018-10-31
Guilford Co.
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Mocis latipesRecorded by: Christa Rogers on 2016-09-20
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 		Mocis latipesRecorded by: Paul Scharf on 2010-10-10
Warren Co.
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Mocis latipesRecorded by: Paul Scharf on 2010-10-09
Warren Co.
Comment: 		Mocis latipesRecorded by: Newman, Randy on 2006-11-04
Carteret Co.
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