Moths of North Carolina
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171 NC Records

Hypena madefactalis Guenée, 1854 - Gray-edged Bomolocha



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Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: ErebidaeSubfamily: HypeninaeP3 Number: 930568.00 MONA Number: 8447.00
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 madefactalis); 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
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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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Immature 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: North Carolina records come from a variety of rich hardwood forest, ranging from mesic, high elevation stands, cove forests, and Amphibolite ridges in the Mountains and alluvial and mafic forests in the Piedmont. Coastal Plain sites may all be associated with planted walnuts.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on Black Walnut; one was also reared on Shagbark Hickory (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 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 Hypena madefactalis - Gray-edged Bomolocha

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

Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-08-18
Caswell Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-08-10
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-07-31
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper, Becky Watkins on 2023-07-30
Swain Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Steve Hall, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper, Becky Watkins on 2023-07-22
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-07-21
Madison 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: Jim Petranka on 2023-07-04
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-14
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-06-05
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2023-05-31
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-05-22
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-05-14
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-04-20
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-04-13
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-09-03
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-08-05
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-08-03
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Lior Carlson, Becky Watkins, Richard Teper, Stephen Dunn on 2022-07-23
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2022-07-11
Guilford Co.
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Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-07-03
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-07-02
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-07-01
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2022-06-26
Burke Co.
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Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-06-26
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2022-06-23
Guilford Co.
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Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-06-22
Caswell Co.
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Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2022-06-21
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2022-06-13
Guilford Co.
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Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-06-12
Orange Co.
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