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Sigela brauneata (Swett, 1913) - Brown False Pug Moth

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Scoleocampinae		Tribe:
(incertae sedis)		P3 Number:
930657		 MONA Number:
8432.00		 Other Common Name:
Braun's Quandry
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Wingspan: 13 mm (Forbes, 1948, treated as a Geometrid)
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.
Sigela brauneataAlamance 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 floodplain habitats, with some also coming from mesic slopes.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae have been reared on tree algae (T. McCabe, cited by Wagner et al., 2011). There is a BugGuide record (George Smiley, 2020) of a larva feeding off of algae on the trunk of a hickory in Texas. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR 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 Sigela brauneata - Brown False Pug Moth

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Sigela brauneataRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-05-06
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Sigela brauneataRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-04-26
Madison Co.
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Sigela brauneataRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-04-05
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Sigela brauneataRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper on 2025-03-28
Chatham Co.
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Sigela brauneataRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-09-03
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Sigela brauneataRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Kenneth Geisert, David Bradley, Julie Tuttle, Patrick Coin, Kaitlyn Elliott, Becky Watkins on 2024-08-17
Durham Co.
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Sigela brauneataRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-08-11
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Sigela brauneataRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2024-08-02
Chatham Co.
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Sigela brauneataRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-07-31
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Sigela brauneataRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin, Steve Hall, Carol Tingley, Tom Howard on 2024-07-27
Chatham Co.
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Sigela brauneataRecorded by: David George on 2024-07-04
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Sigela brauneataRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin on 2024-06-22
Chatham Co.
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Sigela brauneataRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin on 2024-06-22
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Sigela brauneataRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin on 2024-06-22
Chatham Co.
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Sigela brauneataRecorded by: Dean Furbish, Lior S. Carlson on 2024-06-18
Lincoln Co.
Comment: 		Sigela brauneataRecorded by: David George, Steve Hall, Patrick Coin, Mark Basinger on 2024-06-16
Chatham Co.
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Sigela brauneataRecorded by: David George, Steve Hall, Patrick Coin, Mark Basinger on 2024-06-16
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Sigela brauneataRecorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-06-15
Scotland Co.
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Sigela brauneataRecorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-06-14
Scotland Co.
Comment: 		Sigela brauneataRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-06-10
Chatham Co.
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Sigela brauneataRecorded by: Hunter Phillips on 2024-06-07
Onslow Co.
Comment: 		Sigela brauneataRecorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2024-05-13
Chatham Co.
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Sigela brauneataRecorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2024-05-13
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Sigela brauneataRecorded by: Stephen Hall, David George, and David Bradley on 2024-05-07
Durham Co.
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Sigela brauneataRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-05-05
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Sigela brauneataRecorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-04-30
Buncombe Co.
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Sigela brauneataRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-29
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Sigela brauneataRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-29
Chatham Co.
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Sigela brauneataRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-04-16
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Sigela brauneataRecorded by: Stephen Hall on 2024-04-14
Orange Co.
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