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Fascista bimaculella (Chambers, 1872) - No Common Name

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Gelechioidea		 Family:
Gelechiidae		Subfamily:
Gelechiinae		Tribe:
Gelechiini		P3 Number:
59a1156		 MONA Number:
2203.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult Markings: The head, thorax, antenna, and palps are brown to brownish black. The second segment of the labial palp has a large furrowed brush, while the third segment is slender and mostly blackish with pale speckling. The forewing ground color is blackish with three white marks. These include a small and somewhat oblique spot at one-fourth the wing length, a much larger spot just beyond one-half, and a fascia at four-fifths just before the cilia. Blackish blotches are usually present immediately before and after the second spot that is just beyond one-half. The hindwing is smoky gray to light brown, and the abdomen is dark above and white in the middle below. The legs are mostly white with black flecking on the upper half, and blackish with white annulations on the lower half.
Adult Structural Features: The males have elaborate sex scaling (curtain scales) on the underside of the hindwing that will help distinguish them from certain Chionodes species. Tergum 8 also has many slender, dorsally and anterodorsally directed scales arising from the lateral margins, while Chionodes have appressed scales (Hodges, 1999).
Structural photos
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Immatures and Development: The larval life history is undocumented.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution: Fascista bimaculella is found in the southeastern US from Virginia southward to northern Florida and westward to central Texas and eastern Oklahoma. As of 2021, our records are all from the Piedmont and lower elevations in the mountains.
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Fascista bimaculellaAlamance 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.
Flight Comments: Adults have been documented from February through November in areas outside of North Carolina. As of 2021, our records extend from early April through late September.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats: The natural habitats are poorly documented. Our records are mostly from residential neighborhoods.
Larval Host Plants: The host species are unknown. - View
Observation Methods: The adults are attracted to lights.
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR S3S4
State Protection:
Comments: We currently do not have sufficient information on the hosts, distribution, and abundance to assess the conservation status of this species.

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Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, David George, Rob Van Epps, Kevin Metcalf on 2025-07-20
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rob Van Epps, Kevin Metcalf on 2025-07-20
Richmond Co.
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Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-06-14
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-06-14
Madison Co.
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Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2025-04-25
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-04-19
Madison Co.
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Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: John Petranka on 2024-07-31
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2024-06-29
Chatham Co.
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Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-05-05
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-04-29
Madison Co.
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Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper on 2024-04-16
New Hanover Co.
Comment: 		Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: David George on 2023-08-07
Durham Co.
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Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-26
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2023-06-17
New Hanover Co.
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Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-04-21
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2023-04-01
Durham Co.
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Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2022-05-20
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-05-18
Madison Co.
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Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-05-05
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: John Petranka on 2022-05-04
Orange Co.
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Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: John Petranka on 2022-05-04
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2022-05-04
Durham Co.
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Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: John Petranka on 2022-05-02
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2022-04-30
Durham Co.
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Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-04-30
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson on 2022-04-23
Orange Co.
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Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Dean Furbish and Joy Wiggins on 2022-04-12
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2021-08-09
Orange Co.
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Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2021-05-20
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Fascista bimaculella
Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2021-05-20
Buncombe Co.
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