Moths of North Carolina
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Mesapamea fractilinea (Grote, 1874) - Broken-lined Brocade

Mesapamea fractilineaMesapamea fractilineaMesapamea fractilinea
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Noctuinae		Tribe:
Apameini		P3 Number:
932370		 MONA Number:
9406.00		 Other Common Name:
Broken-lined Borer
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984; as Oligia fractilinea); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Structural photos
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.
Mesapamea fractilineaAlamance 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: Coastal Plain records come from seepage bogs, marsh edges, and floodplain ridges. One Piedmont record also comes from a seepage bog; other habitats are less clear, but one comes from a residential area near a wetland. Records from the mountains come from riverine habitats and cove forests.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on grasses, including Common Timothy (Phleum pratense) and Corn (Zea mays); native hosts are unknown (Wagner et al., 2011). - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Sedge, Grass, and Rush Mires
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 Mesapamea fractilinea - Broken-lined Brocade

Photos: 4
Mesapamea fractilineaRecorded by: tom ward on 2023-09-27
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Mesapamea fractilineaRecorded by: David George on 2022-09-04
Durham Co.
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Mesapamea fractilineaRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-09-29
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Mesapamea fractilineaRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2018-09-22
Guilford Co.
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