Moths of North Carolina
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Elaphria grata Hübner, 1818 - Grateful Midget

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Noctuinae		Tribe:
Elaphriini		P3 Number:
932238		 MONA Number:
9684.00
Comments: One of fourteen species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010), nine of which have been recorded in North Carolina
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:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Elaphria grata
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 from nearly all habitat types in the state, from maritime dunes on the barrier islands to spruce-fir forests on the summits of our highest mountains. Both open and forests habitats are used, bottomlands and dry ridges, peatlands, longleaf pine habitats, old fields and ruderal habitats.
Larval Host Plants: Larval hosts still need to clarified but captive larvae feed on algae and fungi (Wagner et al., 2011). - View
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See also Habitat Account for General Mixed Habitats
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S5]
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 Elaphria grata - Grateful Midget

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Recorded by: David George on 2025-06-07
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: B. Bockhahn on 2025-06-03
Currituck Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2025-06-03
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-04-06
Rowan Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-04-05
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Lior S. Carlson, Dean Furbish on 2025-04-05
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-04-05
Rowan Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-04-04
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper on 2025-03-28
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-10-03
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-09-21
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-09-12
Wilson Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-09-11
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-09-02
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-08-05
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-07-21
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin on 2024-06-22
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin on 2024-06-22
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: John Petranka on 2024-06-19
Watauga Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George on 2024-06-14
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: David George on 2024-06-13
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-06-11
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Tracy Feldman, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper, Patrick Coin, Becky Watkins on 2024-06-08
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-05-29
Wilson Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-05-29
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Morgan Freese on 2024-04-30
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-04-16
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-04-08
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2024-04-02
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-01
Chatham Co.
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