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Pseudeustrotia carneola (Guenée, 1852) - Pink-barred Pseudeustrotia

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Noctuinae		Tribe:
Pseudeustrotiini		P3 Number:
932205		 MONA Number:
9053.00		 Other Common Names:
Pink-barred Lithacodia, Pink-barred Marvel, Pink-barred Midget
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984; as Lithacodia carneola); 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.
Pseudeustrotia carneolaAlamance 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 Hanover 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: Wagner et al. (2011) list fields, croplands, waste lots, wet meadows, and other open habitats as used by this species.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on dock (Rumex) and smartweed (Persicaria) (Wagner et al., 2011). Other reported hosts include knotweed (Polygonum) and goldenrod (Solidago) (Covell, 1984). - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forests
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 Pseudeustrotia carneola - Pink-barred Pseudeustrotia

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Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-08-14
Ashe Co.
Comment: 		Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-08-14
Ashe Co.
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Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Becky Elkin and Marilyn Westphal. on 2025-08-09
Henderson Co.
Comment: 		Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Dean Furbish, Lior S. Carlson on 2025-07-29
Cleveland Co.
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Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Dean Furbish, Lior S. Carlson on 2025-07-29
Cleveland Co.
Comment: 		Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-07-29
Madison Co.
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Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-06-08
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2025-06-04
Buncombe Co.
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Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-08-25
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Mark Basinger on 2024-08-06
Mitchell Co.
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Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-04
Mitchell Co.
Comment: 		Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin, Steve Hall, Carol Tingley, Tom Howard on 2024-07-27
Chatham Co.
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Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-07-14
Watauga Co.
Comment: 		Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-07-11
Madison Co.
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Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-07-07
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-17
Madison Co.
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Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-05
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-06-04
Buncombe Co.
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Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-06-03
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Regina Patton on 2024-05-24
Jackson Co.
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Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2024-05-20
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: R. Teper, David George on 2023-09-25
Caswell Co.
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Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-09-24
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2023-08-18
Watauga Co.
Comment:
Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-07-25
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-07-12
Madison Co.
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Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-09
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-07-06
Madison Co.
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Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2023-07-02
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Pseudeustrotia carneola
Recorded by: B. Bockhahn on 2023-06-17
Avery Co.
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