Moths of North Carolina

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Condica videns (Guenée, 1852) - White-dotted Groundling

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Taxonomy

Superfamily:
Noctuoidea

Family:
Noctuidae

Subfamily:
Condicinae

Tribe:
Condicini

P3 Number:
931989

MONA Number:
9690.00

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984; as Platysenta videns); 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.


Flight Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge
Immature Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Our records come from a wide variety of open, herb-dominated habitats, including maritime dunes, Longleaf Pine savannas, flatwoods, and sand ridges.

Larval Host Plants: The larvae are polyphagous and feed on several species of composites, including asters, goldenrods, and sneezeweeds (Wagner et al., 2011). In North Carolina, larvae have been found on Dog-fennel (Eupatorium capillifolium) and Frost Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum). - View

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See also Habitat Account for General Successional Fields and Forblands

Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S4S5]

State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.

Comments:

Photo Gallery for Condica videns - White-dotted Groundling

57 photos are available. Only the most recent 30 are shown.

	Recorded by: R. Newman on 2025-09-13 Carteret Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Allison Garton on 2025-09-09 Moore Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rob Van Epps, Kevin Metcalf on 2025-07-20 Richmond Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George on 2025-06-29 Richmond Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2025-06-29 Richmond Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, David George, Larry Chen, Sarah Toner, Joye Zhou on 2025-06-20 Richmond Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, David George, Larry Chen, Sarah Toner, Joye Zhou on 2025-06-20 Richmond Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, David George, Larry Chen, Sarah Toner, Joye Zhou on 2025-06-20 Richmond Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, David George, Larry Chen, Sarah Toner, Joye Zhou on 2025-06-20 Richmond Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-06-02 Brunswick Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-06-02 Brunswick Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-05-15 Brunswick Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-05-15 Brunswick Co. Comment:		Recorded by: John Petranka, Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-05-09 Cumberland Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: John Petranka, Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-05-09 Cumberland Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Brian Bockhahn, Jim Petranka, John Petranka, Becky Elkin on 2025-05-09 Cumberland Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-05-09 Cumberland Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2024-09-20 Durham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2024-09-20 Durham Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper on 2024-04-16 New Hanover Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2023-10-02 Brunswick Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-09-16 Durham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-07-22 Wake Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Bo Sullivan on 2023-06-13 Moore Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: John Petranka and Jim Petranka on 2023-05-19 Scotland Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2023-04-06 Durham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-03-27 Orange Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson, Stephen Dunn on 2022-09-14 Orange Co. Comment: on Symphotrichium pilosum
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan on 2022-08-28 Moore Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan on 2022-08-28 Scotland Co. Comment: