Moths of North Carolina
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Scythris trivinctella (Zeller, 1873) - Banded Scythris

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Gelechioidea		 Family:
Scythrididae		Subfamily:
Scythridinae		Tribe:
[Scythridini]		P3 Number:
59a1713		 MONA Number:
1678.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Structural photos
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Scythris trivinctellaAlamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New%20Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania Tyrrell Union Vance Wake Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

Click on graph to enlarge 		Image showing flight dates by month for High Mountains greater than 4,000 feet, Low Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain: adults.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Our records come from a barrier island with extensive areas of sandy beach, dune grassland, maritime scrub, and brackish marsh habitats. Most records shown on the Moth Photographer's website for the Atlantic slope also appear to come mainly from tidewater areas.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae have been recorded on Amaranthus species, including Smooth Pigweed (A. hybridus) and Redroot Amaranth (A. retroflexus) (Robinson et al., 2010). In North Carolina, several species of Amaranthus occur along the edges of coastal marshes, including Saltmarsh Water-hemp (A. cannabinus), Southern Water-hemp (A. australis), and the very rare Seabeach Amaranth (A. pumilus) is restricted to ocean beaches and sand flats. Of these species, A. cannabinus has a range that best corresponds to that of Scythris trivinctella. - View
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR S1S3
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 Scythris trivinctella - Banded Scythris

Photos: 8
Scythris trivinctellaRecorded by: R. Newman on 2025-07-12
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Scythris trivinctellaRecorded by: J.B. Sullivan on 2023-09-30
Carteret Co.
Comment: A female.
Scythris trivinctellaRecorded by: J.B. Sullivan on 2023-09-30
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Scythris trivinctellaRecorded by: R. Newman on 2023-08-03
Carteret Co.
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Scythris trivinctellaRecorded by: Chuck Smith on 2023-07-22
Davidson Co.
Comment: 		Scythris trivinctellaRecorded by: R. Newman on 2022-09-01
Carteret Co.
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Scythris trivinctellaRecorded by: R. Newman on 2022-08-28
Carteret Co.
Comment: 		Scythris trivinctellaRecorded by: R. Newman on 1996-12-31
Carteret Co.
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