Moths of North Carolina
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Magusa divaricata (Grote, 1874) - Orbed Narrow-wing Moth

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Noctuinae		Tribe:
Dypterygiini		P3 Number:
932213.62		 MONA Number:
9637.10		 Other Common Names:
Variable Narrow-wing, Divaricate Narrow-wing
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: 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.
Magusa divaricataAlamance 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: Wagner et al. (2011) list thickets, scrublands, and coastal strand communities as habitats used by this species. Several of our records come from barrier islands but where our native species of Buckthorn do not occur. We also have a number of records from the Mountains, again where native Buckthorns are rare to absent. Most of our records for this species probably represent migrants rather than resident populations.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on buckthorns (Frangula spp.) (Wagner et al., 2011). In North Carolina, Carolina Buckthorn (F. caroliniana) or introduced species could serve as host plants. - View
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [W-PK]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SNR [SU]
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 Magusa divaricata - Orbed Narrow-wing Moth

Photos: 12
Magusa divaricataRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-07-09
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Magusa divaricataRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-07-09
Madison Co.
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Magusa divaricataRecorded by: R. Newman on 2024-06-29
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Magusa divaricataRecorded by: Simpson Eason on 2021-09-02
Durham Co.
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Magusa divaricataRecorded by: R. Newman on 2021-08-08
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Magusa divaricataRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-08-05
Wake Co.
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Magusa divaricataRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2020-09-27
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Magusa divaricataRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2020-09-27
Madison Co.
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Magusa divaricataRecorded by: Steve Taylor on 2020-08-05
Beaufort Co.
Comment: 		Magusa divaricataRecorded by: Steve Taylor on 2020-08-05
Beaufort Co.
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Magusa divaricataRecorded by: Darryl Willis on 2016-09-14
Cabarrus Co.
Comment: 		Magusa divaricataRecorded by: Paul Scharf on 2012-04-25
Warren Co.
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