Moths of North Carolina
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6 NC Records

Tarache terminimaculata (Grote, 1873) - Curve-lined Bird-dropping Moth

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NoctuidaeSubfamily: AcontiinaeTribe: AcontiiniP3 Number: 931351.00 MONA Number: 9145.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984; as Acontia terminimaculata)Online Photographs: 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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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 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:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR S2S4
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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Recorded by: Morgan Freese on 2022-06-09
New Hanover Co.
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