Moths of North Carolina
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Baileya doubledayi (Guenée, 1852) - Doubleday's Baileya

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Nolidae		Subfamily:
Risobinae		P3 Number:
931148		 MONA Number:
8969.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult Structural Features: See images below.
Structural photos
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.
Baileya doubledayiAlamance 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 almost entirely from riparian and other shoreline habitats.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on alders (Alnus spp.) (Wagner et al., 2011). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Shoreline Shrublands
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S3S4]
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 Baileya doubledayi - Doubleday's Baileya

Photos: 13
Baileya doubledayiRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2025-06-22
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Baileya doubledayiRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2024-05-08
Transylvania Co.
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Baileya doubledayiRecorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2022-05-29
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Baileya doubledayiRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2022-04-24
Wake Co.
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Baileya doubledayiRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-07-04
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Baileya doubledayiRecorded by: David L. Heavner on 2019-08-11
Buncombe Co.
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Baileya doubledayiRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-06-22
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Baileya doubledayiRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-06-24
Madison Co.
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Baileya doubledayiRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2013-06-01
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Baileya doubledayiRecorded by: Darryl Willis on 2012-06-13
Cabarrus Co.
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Baileya doubledayiRecorded by: Doug Blatny / Jackie Nelson on 2011-07-29
Ashe Co.
Comment: 		Baileya doubledayiRecorded by: T. DeSantis on 2010-06-23
Camden Co.
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Baileya doubledayiRecorded by: T. DeSantis on 2009-08-09
Camden Co.
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