Moths of North Carolina
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92 NC Records

Panthea acronyctoides (Walker, 1861) - Black Zigzag Moth

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NoctuidaeSubfamily: PantheinaeP3 Number: 931398.00 MONA Number: 9177.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)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:
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)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Almost all of our records come from cove forests and high elevation forests. Several also come from a site at the based of the Blue Ridge escarpment where both Hemlock and White Pine are present. A single individual has been collected further west in the Piedmont but does not appear to represent a resident population.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on several genera of conifers, including Spruce, Fir, Hemlock, and pine (Wagner et al., 2011) - View
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See also Habitat Account for Montane Cool Mesic Conifer Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 S4S5
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 Panthea acronyctoides - Black Zigzag Moth

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

Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-04-20
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-04-15
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-08-30
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-08-18
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-08-05
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-07-31
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-07-11
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-06-24
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-06-06
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-06-02
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-05-09
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-09-07
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-08-05
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-07-29
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-07-22
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-07-09
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Richard Teper on 2022-06-26
Avery Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2022-06-07
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-06-04
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-05-16
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-05-16
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-05-09
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-04-21
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-08-25
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-08-19
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-07-14
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-07-11
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-06-16
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-06-05
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2021-05-31
Yancey Co.
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