Moths of North Carolina
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Baileya levitans (Smith, 1906) - Pale Baileya

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Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NolidaeSubfamily: RisobinaeP3 Number: 931152 MONA Number: 8972.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult Markings: The ground color is typically dark gray with no well-defined whitish basal patches (Forbes, 1954); in our specimens there is often a tan patch located at the base of the inner margin and brownish-green shading in the basal and terminal areas. The reniform is ocellate and conspicuous.
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.
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 mainly from rich, wet-mesic hardwood forests. These include Northern Hardwoods and cove forests in the Mountain, rich, mesic hardwoods in the Piedmont, and brownwater river floodplains in the Coastal Plain.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae have been recorded on Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata) and have been reared in captivity on Pignut Hickory (Carya glabra) and walnut (Wagner et al., 2011). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
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See also Habitat Account for Rich Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 [S4]
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 levitans - Pale Baileya

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Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-07-12
Watauga Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2024-07-03
Graham Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-06-23
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-06-01
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: Chuck Smith on 2024-06-01
Davidson Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-12
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-29
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-29
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-04-29
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-04-19
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-04-16
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-04-15
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-04-14
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-01
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-01
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-03-31
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, David George on 2024-03-31
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, David George on 2024-03-31
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-31
Macon Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2023-07-30
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-14
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: B bockhahn on 2023-04-05
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: David George on 2022-08-14
Avery Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Richard Teper on 2022-05-31
Montgomery Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-05-01
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-04-25
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-04-12
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-04-12
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-07-05
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Richard Teper on 2021-04-27
Orange Co.
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