Moths of North Carolina

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Colocasia propinquilinea (Grote, 1873) - Closebanded Yellowhorn Moth

Taxonomy

Superfamily:
Noctuoidea

Family:
Noctuidae

Subfamily:
Pantheinae

P3 Number:
931401

MONA Number:
9185.00

Other Common Name:
Close-banded 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.


Flight Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Our very few Piedmont records come from bottomland hardwoods and from a stand of basic-mesic forest. Records from the Mountains come from alluvial forests, cove forests, and Northern Hardwoods at the highest elevations.

Larval Host Plants: Reported hosts include basswood (Tilia), beech (Fagus), birch (Betula), chestnut (Castanea), elm (Ulmus), hornbeam (Carpinus), maple (Acer), oak (Quercus), poplar (Populus), walnut (Juglans), and willow (Salix) (Wagner, 2005; Robinson et al., 2010; Beadle & Leckie, 2012). In North Carolina, we have a record for American Beech (Fagus grandifolia). - 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.

Comments:

Photo Gallery for Colocasia propinquilinea - Closebanded Yellowhorn Moth

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

	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-04-27 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-04-04 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-04-04 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2024-08-15 Graham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Kevin Bischof on 2024-08-07 Transylvania Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Kevin Bischof on 2024-08-07 Transylvania Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Kevin Bischof on 2024-08-07 Transylvania Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-08-06 Transylvania Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-08-06 Transylvania Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2024-08-05 Graham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-08-05 Transylvania Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-04 Mitchell Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-04 Mitchell Co. Comment:		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2024-07-29 Transylvania Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-07-26 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-07-11 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2024-06-25 McDowell Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2024-06-25 McDowell Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2024-06-25 Watauga Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2024-06-25 Watauga Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Owen McConnell and Simpson Eason on 2024-06-21 Graham Co. Comment:		Recorded by: John Petranka on 2024-06-20 Watauga Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-06-19 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-06-19 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: John Petranka on 2024-06-19 Watauga Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-06-13 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-06-03 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2024-05-16 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2024-05-16 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-12 Madison Co. Comment: