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Swammerdamia caesiella (Hübner, 1796) - Gray-blue Swammerdamia

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Yponomeutoidea		 Family:
Yponomeutidae		Subfamily:
Yponomeutinae		Tribe:
[Yponomeutinae]		P3 Number:
36a0115		 MONA Number:
2413.00		 Other Common Name:
Birch Ermel
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Structural photos
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Swammerdamia caesiellaAlamance 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: Reported hosts include alder (Alnus), birch (Betula), and chestnut (Castanea) (Eiseman, 2022). - View
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Status in North Carolina
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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 Swammerdamia caesiella - Gray-blue Swammerdamia

Photos: 20
Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-07-14
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-07-12
Watauga Co.
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Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Bo Sullivan on 2023-08-08
Ashe Co.
Comment: 		Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper, Becky Watkins on 2023-07-30
Swain Co.
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Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-05-09
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2022-08-14
Madison Co.
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Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: tom ward on 2022-06-06
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: Rob Van Epps on 2022-05-29
Mecklenburg Co.
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Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: Rob Van Epps on 2022-05-29
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 		Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: tom ward on 2022-05-08
Buncombe Co.
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Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: tom ward on 2022-04-22
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Bo Sullivan on 2021-08-02
Ashe Co.
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Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: tom ward on 2021-07-17
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2021-05-21
Madison Co.
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Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-06-09
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-07-20
Madison Co.
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Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-07-20
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: Steve Hall on 2019-05-29
Orange Co.
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Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: Steve Hall on 2019-05-21
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Swammerdamia caesiellaRecorded by: B. Bockhahn, K. Kittelberger, P. Scharf on 2015-06-18
Avery Co.
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