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Schinia arcigera (Guenée, 1852) - Arcigera Flower Moth

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Heliothinae		P3 Number:
932134		 MONA Number:
11128.00
Comments: One of 126 species in this genus that occur in North America (Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010, 2011), the majority of which occur in the West; 25 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.
Schinia arcigeraAlamance 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:
Larval Host Plants: Larvae are polyphagous, feeding on several forb species including asters (Symphyotrichum), camphorweed (Heterotheca), Common Horseweed (Erigeron canadensis), Carolina Sea-lavender (Limonium carolinianum), and Sotted Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) (Wagner et al., 2011). - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Successional Fields and Forblands
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.
Comments:

 Photo Gallery for Schinia arcigera - Arcigera Flower Moth

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Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-09-12
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Allison Garton on 2025-09-08
Moore Co.
Comment:
Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Chuck Smith on 2024-09-22
Davidson Co.
Comment: 		Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-09-21
Chatham Co.
Comment:
Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2024-09-13
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Chuck Smith on 2024-09-10
Davidson Co.
Comment:
Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: R. Newman on 2023-11-04
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Chuck Smith on 2023-09-27
Davidson Co.
Comment:
Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2023-09-25
Caswell Co.
Comment: 		Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2023-09-25
Caswell Co.
Comment:
Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2023-09-25
Caswell Co.
Comment: 		Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Chuck Smith on 2023-09-24
Davidson Co.
Comment:
Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Bo Sullivan and Becky Elkin on 2023-09-14
Macon Co.
Comment: 		Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Chuck Smith on 2023-09-01
Davidson Co.
Comment:
Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2023-08-29
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2023-07-22
Durham Co.
Comment:
Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-07-10
Person Co.
Comment: 		Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: John Petranka on 2022-10-13
Orange Co.
Comment:
Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Becky Elkin, Steve Hall, and Bo Sullivan. on 2022-09-27
Moore Co.
Comment: 		Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Becky Elkin, Steve Hall, and Bo Sullivan. on 2022-09-26
Scotland Co.
Comment:
Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-09-15
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Chuck Smith on 2022-09-15
Davidson Co.
Comment:
Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2022-09-07
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2021-10-04
Wake Co.
Comment:
Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Stephen Hall, Ed Corey, Jim Petranka, Becky Elkin, Tom Howard, Carol Tingley, Brian Bockhahn, and Van Cotter on 2021-09-29
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2021-09-16
Durham Co.
Comment:
Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Lior Carlson, Richard Teper on 2021-08-03
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2020-10-07
Durham Co.
Comment:
Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2020-10-05
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Schinia arcigera
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2020-10-05
Durham Co.
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