Moths of North Carolina
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56 NC Records

Elaphria cornutinis Pogue, 2000 - No Common Name

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NoctuidaeSubfamily: NoctuinaeTribe: ElaphriiniP3 Number: 932235.00 MONA Number: 9681.20 MONA Synonym: Elaphria cornutinus
Comments: One of fourteen species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010), nine of which have been recorded in North Carolina
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult Markings: The hindwings in this species are fuscous rather than white as found in E. alapallida (J.B. Sullivan, pers. obs.)
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable only by close inspection of structural features or by DNA analysis.
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: In the Piedmont, records come primarily from bottomland hardwoods and shoreline habitats, with some coming from mesic slopes or upland swamp forests. In the Mountains and foothills, records come from cove forests and mesic slopes
Larval Host Plants: Host plants appear to be unknown (Saluke and Pogue, 2000) - View
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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 Elaphria cornutinis - No common name

Photos: 8

Recorded by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn on 2020-07-15
Polk Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Lenny Lampel on 2017-08-17
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Lenny Lampel on 2017-06-23
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Paul Scharf on 2015-04-19
Warren Co.
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Recorded by: Paul Scharf, B.Bockhahn on 2014-05-12
Burke Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Paul Scharf on 2013-09-10
Warren Co.
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Recorded by: Paul Scharf on 2011-04-23
Warren Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Paul Scharf on 2010-04-26
Warren Co.
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