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Crambodes talidiformis Guenée, 1852 - Verbena Moth

Crambodes talidiformis
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Condicinae		Tribe:
Leuconyctini		P3 Number:
932030		 MONA Number:
9661.00		 Other Common Name:
Verbena Groundling
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Structural photos
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.
Crambodes talidiformisAlamance 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 open areas as habitats used by this species, including fields, beaches, waste lots, sand plains, and wetlands. Our records come almost entirely from the Mountains, with most from wet meadows or mountain bogs where Blue Vervain could be the host. A few also come from high elevation mesic forests where White Vervain could be used.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on vervains (Verbena spp.) (Wagner et al., 2011). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [W-PK]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S2S3]
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 Crambodes talidiformis - Verbena Moth

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Crambodes talidiformis
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-07-11
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Crambodes talidiformis
Recorded by: David L. Heavner on 2019-04-23
Buncombe Co.
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Crambodes talidiformis
Recorded by: David L. Heavner on 2019-04-23
Buncombe Co.
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