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Colocasia flavicornis (Smith, 1884) - Saddled Yellowhorn Moth

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Pantheinae		P3 Number:
931400		 MONA Number:
9184.00		 Other Common Name:
Yellowhorn
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.
Colocasia flavicornisAlamance 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 Hanover 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: Records from the Piedmont and Coastal Plain come from floodplain forests and mesic hardwood forests growing on slopes. In the Mountains, records come from alluvial forests and cove forests.
Larval Host Plants: Reported hosts include maple (Acer), birch (Betula), hickory (Carya), beech (Fagus), hop-hornbeam (Ostrya), oak (Quercus), basswood (Tilia), and elm (Ulmus) (Crumb, 1956; Heppner, 2007; Robinson et al., 2010; Beadle & Leckie, 2012). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forests
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 Colocasia flavicornis - Saddled Yellowhorn Moth

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Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-08-15
Ashe Co.
Comment: 		Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-04-23
Madison Co.
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Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, David George on 2025-04-05
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-03-29
Madison Co.
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Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, David George, Rich Teper on 2025-03-28
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-08
Mitchell Co.
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Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-07
Mitchell Co.
Comment: 		Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-07
Mitchell Co.
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Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2024-08-02
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin, Steve Hall, Carol Tingley, Tom Howard on 2024-07-27
Chatham Co.
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Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-07-14
Watauga Co.
Comment: 		Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-07-12
Watauga Co.
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Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2024-07-11
Graham Co.
Comment: 		Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-25
Chatham Co.
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Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2024-05-13
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-12
Madison Co.
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Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-29
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-29
Chatham Co.
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Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-29
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-01
Chatham Co.
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Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-03-30
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-07-31
Madison Co.
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Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-05-05
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Emily L Stanley on 2023-04-19
Yancey Co.
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Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Emily L Stanley on 2023-04-19
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-04-15
Madison Co.
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Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-03-05
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Richard Teper on 2022-06-29
Avery Co.
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Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-05-12
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Colocasia flavicornis
Recorded by: John Petranka on 2022-04-15
Orange Co.
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