Moths of North Carolina
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3 NC Records

Papaipema pterisii Bird, 1907 - Bracken Borer


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Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NoctuidaeSubfamily: NoctuinaeTribe: ApameiniP3 Number: 932489.00 MONA Number: 9480.00
Comments: One of 44 species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010, 2015), 30 of which have been recorded in North Carolina
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); 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: We have one current record from a high elevation semi-natural grassland
Larval Host Plants: Larvae appears to be monophagous on Bracken (Wagner et al., 2011) - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Montane Acidic Barrens and Glades
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [SR]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 S1S2
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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Photos: 1

Recorded by: J.B. Sullivan on 2002-09-06
Watauga Co.
Comment: Two specimens from the same site in Watauga County.