Moths of North Carolina
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Nycteola frigidana (Walker, 1863) - Frigid Owlet Moth

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Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NolidaeSubfamily: ChloephorinaeTribe: SarrothripiniP3 Number: 931142.00 MONA Number: 8975.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Rindge (1961)                                                                                 
Adult Structural Features: Both male and female reproductive structures are distinctive -- Rindge (1961) provides a key to the North American species based on these features (see Fletcher, 1959, and Rindge, 1961, for illustrations).
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
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Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Status in North Carolina
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State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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