Moths of North Carolina
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2 NC Records

Olethreutes connectum (McDunnough, 1935) - Bunchberry Leaffolder Moth

Olethreutes connectum
Taxonomy
Superfamily: Tortricoidea Family: TortricidaeSubfamily: OlethreutinaeTribe: OlethreutiniP3 Number: 51a0556 MONA Number: 2787.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
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: Host species include wetland dogwoods. This species may therefore be associated with shrub swamps and other shoreline shrub thickets.
Larval Host Plants: The larvae appear to specialize on dogwoods (MacKay, 1959; McDunnough, 1933; Prentice, 1966; Godfrey et al., 1987; Brown et al., 2008). The reported host include Stiff Dogwood (Swida foemina [= Cornus foemina]) and Red-osier Dogwood (S. sericea [= Cornus sericea]). - View
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See also Habitat Account for General Wet Shrublands
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR S1S3
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 Olethreutes connectum - Bunchberry Leaffolder Moth

Photos: 2

Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-07-12
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: B. Bockhahn on 2013-06-15
Halifax Co.
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