Moths of North Carolina
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10 NC Records

Resapamea passer (Guenée, 1852) - Dock Rustic Moth

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NoctuidaeSubfamily: NoctuinaeTribe: ApameiniP3 Number: 932368.00 MONA Number: 9391.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984; as Luperina passer); 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 mainly from fairly open habitats -- including semi-rural residential areas.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on Dock (Rumex) (Robinson et al., 2010, as Mesapamea passer). The most widespread species of Rumex in North Carolina are introduced species. In the Mountains, the only recorded native species is Rumex altissimus. - View
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR 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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Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Becky Elkin and Tony McBride on 2023-07-23
Madison Co.
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