Moths of North Carolina
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Doryodes fusselli Sullivan & Lafontaine, 2015 - Fussell's Doryodes

Doryodes fusselliDoryodes fusselli
Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: ErebidaeSubfamily: ErebinaeTribe: EuclidiiniP3 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:
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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: 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
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See also Habitat Account for Salt and Brackish Marshes
Status in North Carolina
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Natural Heritage Program Ranks: [G2G4] S2S4
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Recorded by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn on 2017-04-17
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Sullivan, Bo & Newman, Randy on 2004-05-22
Carteret Co.
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