Moths of North Carolina
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Meropleon Members:
2 NC Records

Meropleon ambifusca (Newman, 1948) - No Common Name

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Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NoctuidaeSubfamily: NoctuinaeTribe: ApameiniP3 Number: 932414.00 MONA Number: 9428.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: 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 two records come from a tidal freshwater marsh
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on graminoids, including Big Bluestem (Wagner et al., 2011). Other species of tall grasses or sedges are likely to be used where this species has been recorded in North Carolina - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Coastal Freshwater and Low-Salinity Marshes
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [W3]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G3G4 SH
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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