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Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACROLEPIIDAE-
ADELIDAE-
AMPHISBATIDAE-
AUTOSTICHIDAE-
BATRACHEDRIDAE-
BEDELLIIDAE-
BOMBYCIDAE-
BUCCULATRICIDAE-
CARPOSINIDAE-
CHOREUTIDAE-
COLEOPHORIDAE-
COSMOPTERIGIDAE-
COSSIDAE-
CRAMBIDAE-
DREPANIDAE-
ELACHISTIDAE-
EPERMENIIDAE-
EPIPYROPIDAE-
EREBIDAE-Erebid Moths
ERIOCRANIIDAE-
EUTELIIDAE-
GALACTICIDAE-
GELECHIIDAE-
GEOMETRIDAE-
GLYPHIDOCERIDAE-
GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE-
GRACILLARIIDAE-
HELIOZELIDAE-
HEPIALIDAE-
HYBLAEIDAE-
INCURVARIIDAE-
LASIOCAMPIDAE-
LIMACODIDAE-
LYONETIIDAE-
MEGALOPYGIDAE-Flannel Moths
MICROPTERIGIDAE-
MIMALLONIDAE-
NEPTICULIDAE-
NOCTUIDAE-Owlet Moths
NOLIDAE-
NOTODONTIDAE-
OECOPHORIDAE-
OPOSTEGIDAE-
PELEOPODIDAE-
PLUTELLIDAE-
PRODOXIDAE-
PSYCHIDAE-Bagworm Moths
PTEROPHORIDAE-
PYRALIDAE-
SATURNIIDAE-Saturniids
SCHRECKENSTEINIIDAE-
SESIIDAE-
SPHINGIDAE-Sphinx Moths
THYATIRIDAE-
THYRIDIDAE-
TINEIDAE-
TISCHERIIDAE-
TORTRICIDAE-
URANIIDAE-
URODIDAE-
XYLORYCTIDAE-
YPONOMEUTIDAE-
YPSOLOPHIDAE-
ZYGAENIDAE-
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Nolidae Members:
Afrida ydatodes
Baileya australis
Baileya dormitans
Baileya doubledayi
Baileya ellessyoo
Baileya levitans
Baileya ophthalmica
Garella nilotica
Meganola minuscula
Meganola phylla
Meganola spodia
Nola cereella
Nola cilicoides
Nola clethrae
Nola pustulata
Nola triquetrana
Nycteola metaspilella
8 NC Records
Garella nilotica
(Rogenhofer, 1881) - Black-olive Caterpillar Moth
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
Family:
Nolidae
Subfamily:
Chloephorinae
Tribe:
Sarrothripini
P3 Number:
931141.00
MONA Number:
8974.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions:
Beadle and Leckie (2012)
Online Photographs:
MPG
,
BugGuide
,
iNaturalist
,
Google
,
BAMONA
Adult ID Requirements:
Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map:
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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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Flight Comments:
We have one record from May in the Coastal Plain. The rest of our records come from August in the Mountains.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
Occupies a wide range of natural and disturbed habitats at least in the far South (Wagner et al., 2011). In North Carolina, records are sparse and come from riparian areas, but possibly without any meaningful connection.
Larval Host Plants:
Polyphagous, feeding on many woody plants (Wagner et al., 2011).
Wikipedia
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks:
State Protection:
Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
Comments:
Photo Gallery for
Garella nilotica
- Black-olive Caterpillar Moth
Photos: 8
Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-07-17
Wake Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-06-25
Wake Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: David L. Heavner on 2019-08-15
Buncombe Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-08-09
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-08-09
Madison Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-08-24
Madison Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-08-24
Madison Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Doug Blatny / Jackie Nelson on 2013-08-17
Ashe Co.
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