Moths of North Carolina
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688 NC Records

Galgula partita Guenée, 1852 - Wedgling Moth

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NoctuidaeSubfamily: NoctuinaeTribe: ElaphriiniP3 Number: 932249.00 MONA Number: 9688.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Larvae ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos, especially where associated with known host plants.
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: Wagner et al. (2011) list woodlands and meadows as habitats used by this species. Our records come from a wide range of both open and forested habitats, and both wet and dry.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae are stenophagous on Wood Sorrels (Oxalis spp.) (Wagner et al., 2011)
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Forests and Fields
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 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 Galgula partita - Wedgling Moth

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

Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-03-24
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish and Joy Wiggins on 2023-03-24
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: R. Newman on 2023-03-21
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-03-16
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-03-06
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-03-06
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2023-03-04
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-02-28
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-02-26
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-02-24
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-02-21
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-02-21
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-02-20
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-02-15
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-02-10
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George on 2023-02-08
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-01-18
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2022-11-24
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Chuck Smith on 2022-10-30
Davidson Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2022-10-30
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Becky Elkin, Steve Hall, and Bo Sullivan. on 2022-09-27
Moore Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2022-09-20
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan on 2022-08-28
Moore Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-08-21
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-08-21
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: R. Newman on 2022-08-17
Carteret Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Lior Carlson, Brian Bockhahn on 2022-08-09
Rockingham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-08-03
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-07-25
Greene Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Lior Carlson, Becky Watkins, Richard Teper, Stephen Dunn on 2022-07-23
Orange Co.
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