Moths of North Carolina
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5 NC Records

Schreckensteinia festaliella Hübner, 1818 - Blackberry Skeletonizer Moth

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Schreckensteinioidea Family: SchreckensteiniidaeSubfamily: [Schreckensteiniinae]Tribe: [Schreckensteiniini]P3 Number: 500003.00 MONA Number: 2509.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
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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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Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
Larval Host Plants: Larvae reportedly feed on blackberry (Forbes, 1923; Schaffner, 1959; Pohl et al., 2005). - 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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Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2021-05-21
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2020-06-29
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-07-24
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf, Brian Bockhahn on 2015-06-17
Caldwell Co.
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