Moths of North Carolina
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57 NC Records

Apamea dubitans (Walker, 1856) - Doubtful Apamea Moth

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NoctuidaeSubfamily: NoctuinaeTribe: ApameiniP3 Number: 932344.00 MONA Number: 9367.00
Comments: A Holarctic genus of about 140 species, with 63 recorded in North America, mostly from boreal or montane habitats (Mikkola et al., 2009). Seventeen species occur in North Carolina with the majority of records coming from the mountains.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984; as Agroperina dubitans); 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: Our records come from Spruce-fir Forests, high elevation hardwoods, mountain bogs, semi-natural grasslands, cove forests, and alluvial habitats.
Larval Host Plants: Hosts are poorly documented, but various sources report the species feeds on grasses (Covell, 1984; Heppner, 2007; Beadle & Leckie, 2012). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 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 Apamea dubitans - Doubtful Apamea Moth

Photos: 8

Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-05-29
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-05-29
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2018-08-29
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2018-08-29
Yancey Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2018-08-29
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2015-09-01
Yancey Co.
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Recorded by: B. Bockhahn, P. Scharf on 2014-08-26
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Doug Blatny/Jackie Nelson on 2012-06-20
Ashe Co.
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