Moths of North Carolina
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211 NC Records

Baileya ophthalmica (Guenée, 1852) - Eyed Baileya

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NolidaeSubfamily: RisobinaeP3 Number: 931149.00 MONA Number: 8970.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution: Probably occurs statewide
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
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: Our records come primarily from wet-mesic forests but there are also some from drier ridges and summits.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), American Hop-hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana), American Hazelnut (Corylus americana), and Beaked Hazelnut (Corylus cornuta) (Wagner et al., 2011). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
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See also Habitat Account for General Corylaceous Thickets and Understories
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 S4S5
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 ophthalmica - Eyed Baileya

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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2024-04-14
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: John Petranka, David George on 2023-08-05
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2023-07-26
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-24
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-19
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-07-16
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-07-06
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-06-24
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-06-24
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-14
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-14
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-06-10
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-06-06
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-05-17
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: Steve Hall, David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-04-29
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-04-20
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2022-07-27
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-07-10
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-06-26
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-06-21
Caswell Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-06-11
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2022-06-07
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: John Petranka on 2022-06-06
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2022-05-28
Yancey Co.
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Recorded by: Lior Carlson, Richard Teper on 2021-08-04
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-07-06
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: jim Petranka on 2021-06-29
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-06-20
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-06-15
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David L. Heavner on 2021-06-13
Chatham Co.
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