Moths of North Carolina
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101 NC Records

Baileya dormitans (Guenée, 1852) - Sleeping Baileya

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Nolidae		Subfamily:
Risobinae		P3 Number:
931150		 MONA Number:
8971.00
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: Nearly statewide, but rare or absent from many of the coastal counties.
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Baileya dormitans
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: Our records come almost entirely from rich, wet-mesic hardwood forests. These include cove forests and high elevation hardwooods in the mountains, brownwater river floodplains in the Coastal Plain, and mesic stands of hardwoods in the Piedmont.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on primarily on hickories and walnuts (Wagner et al., 2011). Other reported hosts include American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), American Hop-hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana), beech, and ash (Heppner, 2007; Beadle & Leckie, 2012). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
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See also Habitat Account for Rich Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 S4S5
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 Baileya dormitans - Sleeping Baileya

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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-08-05
Mitchell Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-07-12
Watauga Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-07-08
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish, Lior S. Carlson on 2024-06-25
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: John Petranka on 2024-06-20
Watauga Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-06-14
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall, David George, and David Bradley on 2024-05-07
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-29
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2023-08-04
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-12
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-06-30
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Ed Corey on 2023-06-17
Avery Co.
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Recorded by: David George on 2023-06-16
Avery Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-06-21
Caswell Co.
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Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-06-20
Caswell Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-06-01
Montgomery Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-05-17
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2022-05-03
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-04-30
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Lior Carlson on 2021-07-23
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-07-22
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2021-07-22
Graham Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-06-17
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David L. Heavner on 2021-05-27
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2020-08-04
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2020-07-29
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2020-07-11
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2020-06-22
Guilford Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-06-11
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2020-05-26
Cabarrus Co.
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