Moths of North Carolina

Scientific Name:	Common Name:		Family (Alpha):

View PDF	Noctuidae Members:	Parastichtis Members:	1 NC Records
Parastichtis suspecta (Hübner, [1817]) - No Common Name

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Taxonomy

Superfamily: Noctuoidea

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Tribe: Xylenini

P3 Number: 932625.00

MONA Number: 9431.00

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions:	Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD	Technical Description, Adults: Forbes (1954; as Parastichtis discivaria)
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) Click on graph to enlarge

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, Willows, and Poplars (Robinson et al., 2010) - View

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Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SH

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)

Parastichtis suspecta (Hübner, [1817]) - No Common Name