Moths of North Carolina
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Panthea furcilla (Packard, 1864) - Eastern Panthea

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Pantheinae		P3 Number:
931396		 MONA Number:
9182.00		 Other Common Name:
Tufted White Pine Caterpillar
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); 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.
Panthea furcillaAlamance 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: Our records appear to come from sites where Pines occur. We do not have records from Spruce-fir Forests or from deep within Cypress Swamps. Several species of Pines appear to be used, including Loblolly, Pond, Longleaf over most of the Coastal Plain; Shortleaf and other dry species on ridges; and White Pine in cove forests.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on a wide range of conifers, including pine and spruce (Wagner et al., 2011). Over most of the state, pines of several species are likely to be the hosts. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Pine Forests and Woodlands
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [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 furcilla - Eastern Panthea

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Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-09-11
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-08-25
Wilson Co.
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Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-08-19
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: David George, Kevin Bischof, Rich Teper, Patrick Coin on 2025-08-16
Transylvania Co.
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Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-07-31
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2025-05-22
Buncombe Co.
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Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-04-29
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-04-23
Madison Co.
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Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2025-04-22
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2025-04-15
Chatham Co.
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Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: John Petranka, Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-04-14
Bladen Co.
Comment: 		Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-04-14
Wilson Co.
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Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper on 2025-03-28
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: John Petranka on 2024-12-31
Bladen Co.
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Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-10-10
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-09-27
Wilson Co.
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Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2024-09-20
Cabarrus Co.
Comment: 		Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-09-12
Wilson Co.
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Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-09-08
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-09-03
Wilson Co.
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Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-09-02
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-26
Wilson Co.
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Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-25
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-20
Wilson Co.
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Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Kevin Bischof on 2024-08-07
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-08-05
Transylvania Co.
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Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2024-08-04
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2024-08-02
Chatham Co.
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Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-07-29
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Panthea furcilla
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-07-06
Wilson Co.
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