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Spragueia dama (Guenée, 1852) - Southern Spragueia

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Acontiinae		Tribe:
Acontiini		P3 Number:
931382		 MONA Number:
9122.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984)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.
Spragueia damaAlamance 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: Wagner et al. (2011) list fields, waste lots, and other open habitats as used by this species. However, almost all of our records come from pond, lake, and stream shorelines, which would be more consistent with an association with Sida spinosa or other members of the Mallow family.
Larval Host Plants: Wagner et al. (2011) reported finding two larvae on bindweed (Ipomoea) and unconfirmed larvae on Prickly Fanpetals (Sida spinosa). There is also a BugGuide record (George Smiley, 2022) of a larva feeding on Tievine (Ipomoea cordatotriloba) in Texas, and the HOSTS database (Robinson et al., 2010) lists Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Shoreline Shrublands
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 Spragueia dama - Southern Spragueia

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Spragueia damaRecorded by: Dean Furbish, Lior S. Carlson on 2024-08-14
Pamlico Co.
Comment: 		Spragueia damaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-09-04
Orange Co.
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Spragueia damaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-05-17
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Spragueia damaRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2022-09-01
Wake Co.
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Spragueia damaRecorded by: Michael P. Morales on 2022-07-31
Sampson Co.
Comment: 		Spragueia damaRecorded by: Michael P. Morales on 2022-07-31
Sampson Co.
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Spragueia damaRecorded by: Michael P. Morales on 2022-07-31
Sampson Co.
Comment: 		Spragueia damaRecorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-07-14
Orange Co.
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Spragueia damaRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2022-07-04
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Spragueia damaRecorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2022-06-15
Chatham Co.
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Spragueia damaRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2022-05-21
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Spragueia damaRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2022-05-21
Guilford Co.
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Spragueia damaRecorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2021-08-21
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Spragueia damaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Bo Sullivan on 2021-08-10
Moore Co.
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Spragueia damaRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-08-10
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Spragueia damaRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-08-10
Wake Co.
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Spragueia damaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Bo Sullivan on 2021-08-09
Moore Co.
Comment: 		Spragueia damaRecorded by: Simpson Eason on 2021-07-14
Durham Co.
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Spragueia damaRecorded by: Darryl Willis on 2020-08-04
Cabarrus Co.
Comment: 		Spragueia damaRecorded by: Lior Carlson on 2020-07-25
Orange Co.
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Spragueia damaRecorded by: Lior Carlson on 2020-07-25
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Spragueia damaRecorded by: L. M. Carlson on 2019-07-24
Orange Co.
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Spragueia damaRecorded by: L. M. Carlson on 2019-07-24
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Spragueia damaRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-06-25
Guilford Co.
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Spragueia damaRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-06-25
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Spragueia damaRecorded by: David L. Heavner on 2018-09-10
Buncombe Co.
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Spragueia damaRecorded by: David L. Heavner on 2018-09-10
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Spragueia damaRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2018-06-08
Guilford Co.
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Spragueia damaRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2018-06-08
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Spragueia damaRecorded by: Paul Scharf on 2013-08-28
Warren Co.
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