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Nola cereella (Bosc, [1800]) - Sorghum Webworm Moth

Nola cereellaNola cereella
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Nolidae		Subfamily:
Nolinae		P3 Number:
931131		 MONA Number:
8991.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984; as Nola sorghiella); 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.
Nola cereellaAlamance 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 mainly from open, native grasslands, including maritime dunes, savannas, sand ridges, and lake shorelines .
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on grass seedheads, including Sorghum (Wagner et al., 2011). Other reported hosts include Cultivated Rye (Secale cereale), Saltmarsh Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora), and Corn (Zea mays) (Heppner, 2007). In North Carolina, larvae have been recorded on plumegrass (Erianthus sp.). - View
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See also Habitat Account for General Successional and Semi-Natural Grasslands
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [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 Nola cereella - Sorghum Webworm Moth

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Nola cereella
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-09-04
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Nola cereella
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-09-04
Wilson Co.
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Nola cereella
Recorded by: Allison Garton on 2025-09-03
Moore Co.
Comment: 		Nola cereella
Recorded by: Allison Garton on 2025-08-29
Moore Co.
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Nola cereella
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-08-27
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Nola cereella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Becky Elkin and Marilyn Westphal. on 2025-08-09
Henderson Co.
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Nola cereella
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-08-05
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Nola cereella
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-08-05
Wilson Co.
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Nola cereella
Recorded by: Dean Furbish, Lior S. Carlson on 2025-06-18
Alamance Co.
Comment: 		Nola cereella
Recorded by: David George, Bonnie Eamick on 2025-04-25
Wake Co.
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Nola cereella
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2025-04-20
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Nola cereella
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-10-04
Brunswick Co.
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Nola cereella
Recorded by: John Petranka on 2024-09-28
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Nola cereella
Recorded by: John Petranka on 2024-09-14
Orange Co.
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Nola cereella
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, David George on 2024-09-07
Alamance Co.
Comment: 		Nola cereella
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2024-08-02
Chatham Co.
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Nola cereella
Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin on 2024-06-22
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Nola cereella
Recorded by: Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Larry Chen, Sarah Toner on 2024-04-19
Orange Co.
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Nola cereella
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper on 2024-04-17
New Hanover Co.
Comment: 		Nola cereella
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2024-04-14
Orange Co.
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Nola cereella
Recorded by: R. Newman on 2023-10-25
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Nola cereella
Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-10-10
Warren Co.
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Nola cereella
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2023-10-09
Brunswick Co.
Comment: 		Nola cereella
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2023-10-07
Brunswick Co.
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Nola cereella
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2023-10-06
Brunswick Co.
Comment: 		Nola cereella
Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-10-06
Orange Co.
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Nola cereella
Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-09-15
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Nola cereella
Recorded by: Andrew W. Jones on 2023-08-22
Polk Co.
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Nola cereella
Recorded by: Andrew W. Jones on 2023-08-22
Polk Co.
Comment: 		Nola cereella
Recorded by: Travis McLain on 2023-08-02
Cabarrus Co.
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