Moths of North Carolina

Scientific Name:	Common Name:		Family (Alpha):

View PDF	Erebidae Members:	Scoliopteryx Members:	31 NC Records
Scoliopteryx libatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) - Herald Moth

Taxonomy

Superfamily: Noctuoidea

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Scoliopteryginae

Tribe: Scoliopterygini

P3 Number: 930601.00

MONA Number: 8555.00

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)	Online Photographs: 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.


Flight Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Our records come almost entirely from sites where willow-containing wetlands are present

Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed mainly on Willows, but also on poplars to some extent; birch has also been reported (Wagner et al., 2011) - View

See also Habitat Account for Shoreline Shrublands

Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 S3S4

State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.

Comments:

Photo Gallery for Scoliopteryx libatrix - Herald Moth		Photos: 4
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-04-16 Buncombe Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2021-10-01 Ashe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2020-05-23 Cabarrus Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Lenny Lampel on 2017-07-22 Mecklenburg Co. Comment:

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