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Balsa tristrigella (Walker, 1866) - Three-lined Balsa

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Balsinae		P3 Number:
931418		 MONA Number:
9663.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); 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.
Balsa tristrigellaAlamance 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: Our records come mainly from riparian habitats but also from upland forests, particularly in the mountains.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae have been found on apple (Malus) and hawthorn (Crataegus) but may feed on other members of the Rosaceae (Wagner et al., 2011). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Rosaceous Thickets
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S3S4]
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 Balsa tristrigella - Three-lined Balsa

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Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-04-19
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-05-24
Madison Co.
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Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-05-21
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-05-14
Buncombe Co.
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Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-05-14
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: David George on 2023-06-16
Avery Co.
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Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2023-06-07
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-06-01
Madison Co.
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Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2023-05-15
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-05-14
Madison Co.
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Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-05-13
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-04-21
Durham Co.
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Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-06-06
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2022-05-18
Buncombe Co.
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Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-05-06
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-05-05
Madison Co.
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Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2021-06-16
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-05-26
Madison Co.
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Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-05-18
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2021-05-16
Buncombe Co.
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Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-05-16
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2020-06-20
Cabarrus Co.
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Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2020-06-02
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2020-05-30
Guilford Co.
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Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-05-14
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2020-05-13
Guilford Co.
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Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-06-01
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-05-25
Guilford Co.
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Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-05-05
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Balsa tristrigella
Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-05-03
Guilford Co.
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