Moths of North Carolina
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1 NC Records

Capis curvata Grote, 1882 - Curved Halter Moth

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Eustotiinae		P3 Number:
931297		 MONA Number:
9059.00
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.
Capis curvata
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: We have one record from an alluvial forest in the Mountains.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae have been successfully reared in captivity on a species of upland sedge (Carex sp.) (J. Sogaard, BugGuide, accessed 2021-02-18). The host plants used in the wild have apparently not been documented. - View
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [SH]
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
Comments: We have only a single historic record for this primarily northern species.