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Doryodes fusselli Sullivan & Lafontaine, 2015 - Fussell's Doryodes

Doryodes fusselliDoryodes fusselli
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Erebinae		Tribe:
Euclidiini		P3 Number:
930927.1		 MONA Number:
8767.10
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Lafontaine and Sullivan (2015)                                                                                 
Adult Structural Features: Males have pectinate antennae, females filiform. Smaller than D. spadaria; spring males (forewing length: 16–17 mm [16–20 mm for D. spadaria]), slightly larger than summer males (forewing length: 14–15 mm); some small individuals (forewing length: 12–13 mm) late in season; females of D. fusselli (forewing length: 16 mm) smaller than those of D. spadaria (forewing length: 18–21 mm) but larger than those of D. bistrialis (Lafontaine and Sullivan, 2015)
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable only by close inspection of structural features or by DNA analysis.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Doryodes fusselliAlamance 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: Salt marshes and tidal creeks (Lafontaine and Sullivan, 2015)
Larval Host Plants: Captive larvae feed on Saltmarsh Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora), which is probably a main host in the wild (Lafontaine and Sullivan, 2015). - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Salt and Brackish Marshes
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR [G2G4] SNR [S2S4]
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 Photo Gallery for Doryodes fusselli - Fussell's Doryodes

Photos: 2
Doryodes fusselliRecorded by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn on 2017-04-17
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Doryodes fusselliRecorded by: Sullivan, Bo & Newman, Randy on 2004-05-22
Carteret Co.
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