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Perigea xanthioides Guenée, 1852 - Red Groundling

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Condicinae		Tribe:
Condicini		P3 Number:
931986		 MONA Number:
9689.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984)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.
Perigea xanthioidesAlamance 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.
Immature 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: immatures.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Our records come mainly from cove forests and high elevation hardwoods in the Mountains. Records in the Piedmont come from shoreline habitats or mesic slopes.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on primarily on ironweed (Vernonia), but have also been reported from Eupatorium and Sweet Joe-pye-weed (Eutrochium purpureum) (Forbes, 1954; Robinson et al., 2010). - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forests
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 Perigea xanthioides - Red Groundling

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Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-08-15
Ashe Co.
Comment: 		Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-08-15
Ashe Co.
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Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: David George, Kevin Bischof, Rich Teper, Patrick Coin on 2025-08-15
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2025-08-02
Richmond Co.
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Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rob Van Epps, Kevin Metcalf on 2025-07-20
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: David George on 2025-06-29
Richmond Co.
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Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2025-06-29
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-06-24
Buncombe Co.
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Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-06-24
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, David George, Larry Chen, Sarah Toner, Joye Zhou on 2025-06-20
Richmond Co.
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Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-05-01
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-09-13
Madison Co.
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Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2024-08-20
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2024-08-20
Orange Co.
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Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-06
Mitchell Co.
Comment: 		Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-07-02
Madison Co.
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Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-01
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-13
Madison Co.
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Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-13
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-08-18
Madison Co.
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Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Becky Elkin and Tony McBride on 2023-07-23
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-18
Orange Co.
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Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-09-07
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-07-25
Buncombe Co.
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Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Richard Teper on 2021-09-17
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-08-10
Madison Co.
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Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-08-03
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2020-05-18
Cabarrus Co.
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Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: David L. Heavner on 2019-07-27
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Perigea xanthioides
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-06-29
Madison Co.
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