Moths of North Carolina
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1069 NC Records

Hypena scabra (Fabricius, 1798) - Green Cloverworm Moth

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: ErebidaeSubfamily: HypeninaeP3 Number: 930588.00 MONA Number: 8465.00
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 Plathypena scabra); 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: This is one of our most ubiquitous and omnipresent species. Habitats range from maritime dunes and forests on the barrier islands to high elevation stands of northern hardwoods.
Larval Host Plants: Polyphagous. Larvae show a preference for members of the pea family but also feed on a wide range of other forbs, shrubs, and trees (Wagner et al., 2011) - View
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See also Habitat Account for General Mixed Habitats
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 S5
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 scabra - Green Cloverworm Moth

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

Recorded by: R. Newman on 2024-04-18
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2024-04-14
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-04-13
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-04-08
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-04-06
Brunswick Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-04-02
Wilson Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-03-31
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-03-31
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Andrew W. Jones on 2024-03-30
Polk Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-03-23
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2024-03-17
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-03-17
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-03-16
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-03-15
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: John Petranka, Chuck Smith on 2024-03-14
Bladen Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Becky Watkins on 2024-03-14
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-03-13
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-03-10
Brunswick Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2024-03-07
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish and Joy Wiggins on 2024-03-07
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Chuck Smith on 2024-03-05
Davidson Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2024-03-05
Transylvania Co.
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Recorded by: Dean Furbish and Joy Wiggins on 2024-03-05
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2024-03-03
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-03-03
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Becky Watkins on 2024-02-27
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2024-02-26
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-02-22
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-02-10
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-02-09
Wake Co.
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