Moths of North Carolina
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Deltote bellicula (Hübner, 1818) - Bog Deltote

Deltote belliculaDeltote bellicula
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Eustotiinae		P3 Number:
931289		 MONA Number:
9046.00		 Other Common Names:
Bog Lithacodia, Burnished Bog Moth, Bog Glyph
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984; as Lithacodia bellicula); 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.
Deltote belliculaAlamance 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 almost entirely from wetlands. Most are from Wet Pine Savannas and Sandhill Seeps, but we also have records from peatlands, bottomland forests, and mountain bogs.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae have been recorded on Tussock Sedge (Carex stricta) but probably feed on a wide variety of sedges (Wagner et al., 2011). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Sedge, Grass, and Rush Mires
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S3S4]
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 Deltote bellicula - Bog Deltote

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Deltote belliculaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-09-06
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Deltote belliculaRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-09-06
Wilson Co.
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Deltote belliculaRecorded by: Steve Taylor on 2020-08-12
Beaufort Co.
Comment: 		Deltote belliculaRecorded by: Mark Shields on 2018-06-26
Jackson Co.
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Deltote belliculaRecorded by: Steve Hall on 2016-04-28
Cumberland Co.
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