Moths of North Carolina
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Tarache terminimaculata (Grote, 1873) - Curve-lined Bird-dropping Moth

Tarache terminimaculata
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Acontiinae		Tribe:
Acontiini		P3 Number:
931351		 MONA Number:
9145.00		 Other Common Name:
Curve-lined Acontia
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984; as Acontia terminimaculata)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:
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Tarache terminimaculata
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: Our records all come from the edges of coastal freshwater marshes.
Larval Host Plants: D.F. Schweitzer has found larvae on Seashore Mallow (Kosteletzkya pentacarpos) (Wagner et al., 2011). Other mallows might also be used but records from basswood (Tilia) seem unlikely given the strongly coastal distribution of this species. - View
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See also Habitat Account for Coastal Freshwater and Low-Salinity Marshes
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [SR]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SNR [S1S2]
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
Comments: The populations of this coastal species are likely to be permanent resident in North Carolina but it is still very poorly known despite the frequent surveys that have been conducted at several of the sites where it occurs

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Recorded by: Morgan Freese on 2022-06-09
New Hanover Co.
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