Moths of North Carolina
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5 NC Records

Pyreferra moffatiana (Grote, 1882) - No Common Name

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NoctuidaeSubfamily: NoctuinaeTribe: XyleniniP3 Number: 932584.10 MONA Number: 9930.10
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult Markings: This species is smaller (90% of the time) than hesperidago or citromba when comparing males to males, females to females (J.B. Sullivan, pers. obs.) The median line has an even course across the wing rather than an undulating one, as is the case for hesperidago. This line arches outward at the costa in this species but arches inward in citromba, which also has an even median line.
Distribution in North Carolina
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Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2023-10-12
Graham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2018-10-14
Madison Co.
Comment: Confirmed by JBS