Moths of North Carolina
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Parastichtis Members:
1 NC Records

Parastichtis suspecta (Hübner, [1817]) - Suspected Moth

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Noctuinae		Tribe:
Xylenini		P3 Number:
932625		 MONA Number:
9431.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Forbes (1954; as Parastichtis discivaria)                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
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Parastichtis suspecta
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: We have only a single historic record for this species in North Carolina, with no information available regarding the habitats where it was found.
Larval Host Plants: Old world records for this species are from birches (Betula), willows (Salix), and poplars (Populus) (Robinson et al., 2010). 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 SNR [SHSU]
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
Comments: This species is known from North Carolina from only a single, historic record (Wray, 1967)