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Hypena bijugalis (Walker, 1859) - Dimorphic Snout

Hypena bijugalis
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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Hypeninae		P3 Number:
930564		 MONA Number:
8443.00		 Other Common Names:
Dimorphic Hypena, Dimorphic Bomolocha
Comments: One of 29 species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010). Fifteen species have been recorded in North Carolina.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984; as Bomolocha bijugalis); 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.
Hypena bijugalisAlamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New%20Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania Tyrrell Union Vance Wake Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

Click on graph to enlarge 		Image showing flight dates by month for High Mountains greater than 4,000 feet, Low Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain: adults.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Our records for this species come mainly from wet-mesic hardwood forests, from the Outer Banks to the high mountains
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on dogwoods, especially shrubby species (Wagner et al., 2011). - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Dogwood Thickets and Understories
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [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 Hypena bijugalis - Dimorphic Snout

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Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-04-05
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-07-26
Madison Co.
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Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: David George on 2024-07-04
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-14
Madison Co.
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Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2024-05-16
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-05-13
Buncombe Co.
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Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2024-05-12
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2024-04-29
Transylvania Co.
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Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-04-19
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-04-14
Madison Co.
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Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-31
Swain Co.
Comment: 		Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2023-05-31
Durham Co.
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Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-04-12
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-05-01
Madison Co.
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Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-04-30
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-07-31
Madison Co.
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Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: tom ward on 2021-05-21
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-04-20
Madison Co.
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Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: David L. Heavner on 2021-04-10
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-08-08
Guilford Co.
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Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: L. M. Carlson on 2019-07-27
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2019-07-24
Orange Co.
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Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-07-21
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-05-06
Guilford Co.
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Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-04-17
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-08-26
Madison Co.
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Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-08-12
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-07-25
Madison Co.
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Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: Vin Stanton on 2018-05-25
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Hypena bijugalisRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2015-05-15
McDowell Co.
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