Moths of North Carolina
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47 NC Records

Hypena abalienalis Walker, 1859 - White-lined Bomolocha

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: ErebidaeSubfamily: HypeninaeP3 Number: 930566.00 MONA Number: 8445.00
Comments: One of 29 species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010). Fifteen species have been recorded in North Carolina.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984; as Bomolocha abalienalis); 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)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Our records come from brownwater river floodplains, cove forests, and other stand of rich, wet-mesic hardwood forests
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on Elms, particularly American Elm and Slippery Elm (Wagner et al., 2011) - View
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See also Habitat Account for Rich Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forests
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.
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 Photo Gallery for Hypena abalienalis - White-lined Bomolocha

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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-07-16
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-05-06
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-04-19
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson, Stephen Dunn on 2022-06-18
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Richard Teper on 2022-06-16
Jackson Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2022-06-15
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-04-23
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2021-09-10
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Lior Carlson on 2021-07-24
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-06-14
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2021-05-20
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2021-04-07
Guilford Co.
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Recorded by: Lior Carlson on 2020-07-25
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-05-30
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2020-05-15
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2020-05-14
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-08-25
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-08-24
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-07-11
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-07-01
Guilford Co.
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Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-06-20
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-05-26
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: David L. Heavner on 2019-05-21
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-05-21
Guilford Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-04-25
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-04-11
Guilford Co.
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Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2018-04-10
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Lenny Lampel on 2017-07-22
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Julie Tuttle on 2017-04-18
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: B. Bockhahn, P. Scharf, L. Amos on 2015-05-12
Warren Co.
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