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Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACROLEPIIDAE-
ADELIDAE-
AMPHISBATIDAE-
AUTOSTICHIDAE-
BATRACHEDRIDAE-
BEDELLIIDAE-
BLASTOBASIDAE-
BOMBYCIDAE-
BUCCULATRICIDAE-
CARPOSINIDAE-
CHOREUTIDAE-
COLEOPHORIDAE-
COSMOPTERIGIDAE-
COSSIDAE-
CRAMBIDAE-
DEPRESSARIIDAE-
DREPANIDAE-
ELACHISTIDAE-
EPERMENIIDAE-
EPIPYROPIDAE-
EREBIDAE-Erebid Moths
ERIOCRANIIDAE-
EUTELIIDAE-
GALACTICIDAE-
GELECHIIDAE-
GEOMETRIDAE-
GLYPHIDOCERIDAE-
GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE-
GRACILLARIIDAE-
HELIOZELIDAE-
HEPIALIDAE-
HYBLAEIDAE-
INCURVARIIDAE-
LASIOCAMPIDAE-
LECITHOCERIDAE-Long-horned Moths
LIMACODIDAE-
LYONETIIDAE-
MEGALOPYGIDAE-Flannel Moths
MICROPTERIGIDAE-
MIMALLONIDAE-
MOMPHIDAE-Mompha Moths
NEPTICULIDAE-
NOCTUIDAE-Owlet Moths
NOLIDAE-
NOTODONTIDAE-
OECOPHORIDAE-
OPOSTEGIDAE-
PELEOPODIDAE-
PLUTELLIDAE-
PRODOXIDAE-
PSYCHIDAE-Bagworm Moths
PTEROPHORIDAE-
PYRALIDAE-
SATURNIIDAE-Saturniids
SCHRECKENSTEINIIDAE-
SESIIDAE-
SPHINGIDAE-Sphinx Moths
THYATIRIDAE-
THYRIDIDAE-
TINEIDAE-
TISCHERIIDAE-
TORTRICIDAE-
URANIIDAE-
URODIDAE-
XYLORYCTIDAE-
YPONOMEUTIDAE-
YPSOLOPHIDAE-
ZYGAENIDAE-
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Glyphipterigidae Members:
Diploschizia impigritella
Diploschizia lanista
Drymoana blanchardi
Glyphipterix nordini
Glyphipterix quadragintapunctata
Glyphipterix saurodonta
Glyphipterix unidentified species
Diploschizia
Members:
Diploschizia impigritella
Diploschizia lanista
66 NC Records
Diploschizia impigritella
(Clemens, 1863) - Yellow Nutsedge Moth
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Yponomeutoidea
Family:
Glyphipterigidae
Subfamily:
Glyphipteriginae
Tribe:
[Glyphipterigini]
P3 Number:
360127.00
MONA Number:
2346.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions:
Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)
Online Photographs:
MPG
,
BugGuide
,
iNaturalist
,
Google
,
BAMONA
,
GBIF
,
BOLD
Technical Description, Adults:
Heppner (1985)
Adult Markings:
Differs from D. lanista by possessing five rather than four white marks on the forewing costa (Heppner, 1985). Distinguished from D. kimballi by the size of the dark fuscous area at the apical 1/4 of the forewing but confirmation should be done using genitalia. Kimballi, however, occurs primarily in Florida and has not been recorded in North Carolina. Some species of Glyphipterix are also superficially similar and distinguishable mainly on genitalic features. Except possibly for G. cherokee - which possibly occur in our mountains - none of these species occurs in our area (Heppner, 1985).
Adult ID Requirements:
Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map:
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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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