Moths of North Carolina

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Garella nilotica (Rogenhofer, 1881) - Black-olive Caterpillar Moth

Taxonomy

Superfamily:
Noctuoidea

Family:
Nolidae

Subfamily:
Chloephorinae

Tribe:
Sarrothripini

P3 Number:
931141

MONA Number:
8974.00

Other Common Names:
Small Garella, Merchant Punkie

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions: 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.


Flight Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge
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: Larvae are polyphagous, feeding on many woody plants, including Rhododendron and willow (Salix) (Wagner et al., 2011). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View

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Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status: [W-PK]

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SNR [S2S3]

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: 18

	Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-07-25 Wake Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-05-15 Wake Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-07-25 Greene Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2022-06-23 Guilford Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2022-06-23 Guilford Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson, Stephen Dunn on 2022-06-04 Orange Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2022-05-21 Wake Co. Comment:		Recorded by: R. Newman on 2022-03-20 Carteret Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-11-09 Wake Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-11-09 Wake Co. Comment:
	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. Comment:
	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. Comment: