Moths of North Carolina
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Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctella (Clemens, 1863) - No Common Name

Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctella
Taxonomy
Family:
Gelechiidae		P3 Number:
59a0782		 MONA Number:
1871.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctellaAlamance 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:
Larval Host Plants: Host plants are poorly documented. In North Carolina, Tracy Feldman has reared a larva from Post Oak (Quercus stellata). - View
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Status in North Carolina
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Photos: 3
Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctellaRecorded by: Tracy S Feldman on 2018-06-14
Wake Co.
Comment: Identified by Sangmi Lee.		Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctellaRecorded by: Tracy S Feldman on 2018-06-14
Wake Co.
Comment:
Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctellaRecorded by: Tracy S Feldman on 2018-06-14
Wake Co.
Comment: reared from Quercus stellata, bycatch collected with another specimen. It fed on the surface, tying leaves together, then pupated in the leaves.