Moths of North Carolina
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Nola pustulata (Walker, 1865) - Sharp-blotched Nola

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Nolidae		Subfamily:
Nolinae		P3 Number:
931129		 MONA Number:
8989.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984)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.
Nola pustulataAlamance 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: Most of our records come from pocosins and wetland edges in the Coastal Plain. In the Piedmont and Mountains, our few records appear to come from shorelines or other wet edges.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on Maleberry (Lyonia ligustrina) (Wagner et al., 2011). There is also a BugGuide record (Karen Chiasson) of a larva on Titi (Cyrilla racemiflora). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
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See also Habitat Account for General Wet-Mesic Acidic Shrublands
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G4 SNR [S3S4]
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 Nola pustulata - Sharp-blotched Nola

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Nola pustulataRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-05-24
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Nola pustulataRecorded by: Jeff Niznik, David George on 2025-05-09
Cumberland Co.
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Nola pustulataRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-05-09
Cumberland Co.
Comment: 		Nola pustulataRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-05-03
Brunswick Co.
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Nola pustulataRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2025-04-30
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Nola pustulataRecorded by: Mark Basinger and Miles Buddy on 2025-04-26
Brunswick Co.
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Nola pustulataRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-04-25
Columbus Co.
Comment: 		Nola pustulataRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-04-25
Columbus Co.
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Nola pustulataRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin on 2024-06-22
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Nola pustulataRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-06-19
Brunswick Co.
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Nola pustulataRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-06-19
Brunswick Co.
Comment: 		Nola pustulataRecorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-06-15
Scotland Co.
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Nola pustulataRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-05-31
Moore Co.
Comment: 		Nola pustulataRecorded by: Mark Shields on 2021-05-06
Onslow Co.
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Nola pustulataRecorded by: Mark Shields on 2020-06-19
Onslow Co.
Comment: 		Nola pustulataRecorded by: Mark Shields on 2020-05-02
Onslow Co.
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Nola pustulataRecorded by: Mark Shields on 2020-04-30
Onslow Co.
Comment: 		Nola pustulataRecorded by: Darryl Willis on 2014-05-10
Cabarrus Co.
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Nola pustulataRecorded by: Lenny Lampel on 2013-05-24
Mecklenburg Co.
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