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Syngrapha rectangula (Kirby, 1837) - Salt-and-Pepper Looper Moth

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Plusiinae		Tribe:
Plusiini		P3 Number:
931227		 MONA Number:
8942.00		 Other Common Name:
Angulated Cutworm
Comments: One of 24 species in this genus that occur in North America (Lafontaine and Poole, 1991; Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010). Most are northern and only two species have been recorded in North Carolina, both as disjuncts from their primary range in the North.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)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.
Syngrapha rectangulaAlamance 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: Our records come primarily from cove forests but also from high elevations, including some with spruce.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on conifers, including fir (Abies), Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), and spruce (Picea) (Rockburne & Lafontaine, 1976; Maier et al., 2004; Wagner et al., 2011). - View
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See also Habitat Account for Montane Cool Mesic Conifer Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 S2S4
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 Syngrapha rectangula - Salt-and-Pepper Looper Moth

Photos: 5
Syngrapha rectangula
Recorded by: Richard Teper on 2022-06-29
Avery Co.
Comment: 		Syngrapha rectangula
Recorded by: Patrick and Megan Blythe on 2019-07-31
Macon Co.
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Syngrapha rectangula
Recorded by: Patrick and Megan Blythe on 2019-07-31
Macon Co.
Comment: 		Syngrapha rectangula
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-07-20
Madison Co.
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Syngrapha rectangula
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-07-20
Madison Co.
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