Moths of North Carolina

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Homophoberia apicosa (Haworth, 1809) - Black Wedge-spot

Taxonomy

Superfamily:
Noctuoidea

Family:
Noctuidae

Subfamily:
Condicinae

Tribe:
Condicini

P3 Number:
932025

MONA Number:
9057.00

Other Common Names:
Smartweed Groundling, The Blossom Tip

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); 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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Wagner et al. (2011) list marshes, wetlands, fields, waste lots, and other open habitats as used by this species. Our records come from the edges of ponds, lakes, marshes, pocosins, swamps, and rivers.

Larval Host Plants: Reported hosts include smartweeds (Persicaria) and knotweeds (Polygonum) (Heppner, 2007; Wagner et al., 2011). - View

Wikipedia

See also Habitat Account for General Shoreline Forblands

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.

Comments:

Photo Gallery for Homophoberia apicosa - Black Wedge-spot

74 photos are available. Only the most recent 30 are shown.

	Recorded by: Dean Furbish, Lior S. Carlson on 2025-09-24 Wake Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Dean Furbish, Lior S. Carlson on 2025-09-24 Wake Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-09-13 Wilson Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2025-09-12 Durham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-08-27 Wilson Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-08-23 Brunswick Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-08-23 Brunswick Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Allison Garton on 2025-06-19 Moore Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Allison Garton on 2025-06-19 Moore Co. Comment:		Recorded by: B. Bockhahn on 2025-06-03 Currituck Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-05-05 Wilson Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-10-13 Orange Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2024-09-12 Orange Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George on 2024-07-04 Chatham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-06-26 Orange Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin on 2024-06-22 Chatham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Hunter Phillips on 2024-06-21 Onslow Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Dean Furbish, Lior S. Carlson on 2024-06-17 Lincoln Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-29 Durham Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2024-05-06 Durham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-08-18 Orange Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Lenny Lampel on 2023-08-17 Mecklenburg Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-26 Chatham Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-24 Orange Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-07-16 Orange Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-18 Orange Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2023-06-17 New Hanover Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper on 2023-05-21 New Hanover Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper on 2023-05-21 New Hanover Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson, Stephen Dunn on 2022-09-14 Orange Co. Comment: