Moths of North Carolina
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Schreckensteinia festaliella Hübner, 1818 - Blackberry Skeletonizer Moth

Schreckensteinia festaliellaSchreckensteinia festaliella
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Schreckensteinioidea		 Family:
Schreckensteiniidae		Subfamily:
[Schreckensteiniinae]		Tribe:
[Schreckensteiniini]		P3 Number:
43a0003		 MONA Number:
2509.00		 Other Common Name:
Bramble False-feather
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.
Schreckensteinia festaliellaAlamance 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: Larvae reportedly feed on blackberry (Rubus spp.) (Forbes, 1923; Schaffner, 1959; Pohl et al., 2005). In North Carolina, there is a BugGuide record (J. Anderson, 2011) of a cocoon on the non-native species Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius). - 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 Schreckensteinia festaliella - Blackberry Skeletonizer Moth

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Schreckensteinia festaliellaRecorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-07-15
Wilkes Co.
Comment: 		Schreckensteinia festaliellaRecorded by: Vin Stanton on 2021-05-21
Buncombe Co.
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Schreckensteinia festaliellaRecorded by: Vin Stanton on 2020-06-29
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Schreckensteinia festaliellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-07-24
Madison Co.
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Schreckensteinia festaliellaRecorded by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf, Brian Bockhahn on 2015-06-17
Caldwell Co.
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