Moths of North Carolina
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79 NC Records

Clydonopteron sacculana (Bosc, 1800) - Trumpet Vine Moth


Taxonomy
Superfamily: Pyraloidea Family: PyralidaeSubfamily: ChrysauginaeTribe: [Chrysaugini]P3 Number: 800059.00 MONA Number: 5563.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984; as Clydonopteron tecomae)Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
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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)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: The host plant occupies both wet forests and disturbed areas, including old fields and ruderal habitats. We have a number of records from pond and lake shorelines as well as from residential areas.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on Trumpet Vine (Covell, 1984); also feeds on other members of the Bignoniaceae in Brazil (Robinson et al., 2010) - View
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See also Habitat Account for Wet Forests and Successional Fields
Status in North Carolina
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Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR 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 Clydonopteron sacculana - Trumpet Vine Moth

74 photos are available. Only the most recent 30 are shown.

Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2023-11-07
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Larry Chen on 2023-10-28
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2023-10-06
Brunswick Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-10-06
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Chuck Smith on 2023-09-24
Davidson Co.
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Recorded by: R. Teper on 2023-09-23
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-09-07
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2023-09-04
Wilson Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2023-09-04
Wilson Co.
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Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2023-08-21
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2023-07-26
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2023-07-21
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Chuck Smith on 2023-07-20
Davidson Co.
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Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-07-11
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: John Petranka, David George on 2023-07-07
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-06
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-07-06
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George on 2023-07-02
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2023-06-18
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-06-03
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2023-06-01
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper on 2023-05-21
New Hanover Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper on 2023-05-21
New Hanover Co.
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Recorded by: Steve Hall, David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-04-29
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-04-19
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn on 2023-04-05
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Lior Carlson, Brian Bockhahn on 2022-08-09
Rockingham Co.
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Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2022-08-04
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: David George on 2022-08-02
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2022-05-23
Beaufort Co.
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