Moths of North Carolina
Scientific Name:
Common Name:
 Family (Alpha):
« Home »
View PDFPyralidae Members: Tosale Members: 145 NC Records

Tosale oviplagalis (Walker, 1866) - Dimorphic Tosale

Tosale oviplagalisTosale oviplagalisTosale oviplagalis
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Pyraloidea		 Family:
Pyralidae		Subfamily:
Chrysauginae		Tribe:
[Chrysaugini]		P3 Number:
80a0021		 MONA Number:
5556.00
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.
Tosale oviplagalisAlamance 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: The majority of our records come from river and lake shorelines.
Larval Host Plants: Larval host plants are apparently unknown. - View
Wikipedia
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G4 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 Tosale oviplagalis - Dimorphic Tosale

 132 photos are available. Only the most recent 30 are shown.
Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2025-06-24
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-06-22
Buncombe Co.
Comment:
Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: Jeff Niznik, David George on 2025-05-09
Cumberland Co.
Comment: 		Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-11-08
Madison Co.
Comment:
Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2024-11-05
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-09-07
Wilson Co.
Comment:
Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-09-07
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-08-26
Madison Co.
Comment:
Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2024-08-02
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin, Steve Hall, Carol Tingley, Tom Howard on 2024-07-27
Chatham Co.
Comment:
Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: John Petranka on 2024-07-26
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: David George on 2024-07-15
Chatham Co.
Comment:
Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: B. Bockhahn on 2024-07-14
Macon Co.
Comment: 		Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-07-10
Madison Co.
Comment:
Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: David George on 2024-07-04
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: Morgan Freese on 2024-07-01
Buncombe Co.
Comment:
Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: Owen McConnell on 2024-07-01
Graham Co.
Comment: 		Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2024-06-29
Chatham Co.
Comment:
Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-24
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2024-06-24
Transylvania Co.
Comment:
Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-06-24
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-06-24
Yancey Co.
Comment:
Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin on 2024-06-22
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: David George, Steve Hall, Patrick Coin, Mark Basinger on 2024-06-16
Chatham Co.
Comment:
Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-12
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-06-01
Chatham Co.
Comment:
Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2024-05-30
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-05-25
Buncombe Co.
Comment:
Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-05-22
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Tosale oviplagalisRecorded by: David George, Rich Teper on 2024-05-13
Chatham Co.
Comment: