Moths of North Carolina
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67 NC Records

Emarginea percara (Morrison, 1875) - Beloved Emarginea Moth

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Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NoctuidaeSubfamily: AmphipyrinaeTribe: PsaphidiniP3 Number: 931606 MONA Number: 9718.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: 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)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Most of our records are from the Coastal Plain, particularly from sandhill streamhead swamps and other wetlands imbedded within dry uplands. Piedmont records come from wet hardwood forests.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on Mistletoe (Wagner et al., 2011). - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Mistletoe Woodlands
Status in North Carolina
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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 Emarginea percara - Beloved Emarginea Moth

Photos: 18

Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2023-07-02
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-06-25
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan on 2022-08-28
Moore Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Lior Carlson, Becky Watkins, Richard Teper, Stephen Dunn on 2022-07-23
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2022-07-23
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2021-08-27
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Lior Carlson on 2021-07-24
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Bo Sullivan and Steve Hall on 2021-06-08
Moore Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Bo Sullivan and Steve Hall on 2021-06-08
Moore Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2021-05-17
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Steve Taylor on 2020-09-18
Beaufort Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Steve Taylor on 2020-09-18
Beaufort Co.
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Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan on 2020-09-10
Moore Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: L. M. Carlson on 2019-07-27
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2017-06-20
Cabarrus Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: B.Bockhahn, F.Williams on 2014-05-20
Gates Co.
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Recorded by: Taylor Piephoff on 2013-04-27
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: FKW on 2005-09-03
Gates Co.
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