Moths of North Carolina

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Scardia amurensis Zagulajev, 1965 - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Superfamily:
Tineoidea

Family:
Tineidae

Subfamily:
Scardiinae

Tribe:
[scardiini]

P3 Number:
300204

MONA Number:
311.10

Species Status: Scardia amurensis is native to western Eurasia and was introduced to the US, probably sometime before 1960 (Landry et al., 2013).

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions:

Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD

Adult Markings: Robinson (1986) noted that this species is indistinguishable externally from Scardia boletella, and the following is based in part on the description of that species. The vertex and frons are brownish creamy. The labial palp is creamy, with brown on the outer surface of the first and second segment, and in the middle of the third segment. The antenna is dark brown. The thorax is cream with flecks of brown, while the tegula is brown with cream posteriorly. The ground color of the forewing is dark purplish brown, with orange-brown often evident on the veins. The costa has a series of small cream-colored spots that are concentrated on the basal half. A cream colored longitudinal band with darker tan patches extends from the base of the dorsal margin to the termen, where it fills the apical fifth of the wing. The portion along the dorsal margin is straight-edged for most of the length, except in the middle where it adjoins and often connects to a small concolorous spot. The fringe has a dark tan marginal line at the base and is checkered with darker spots apically. The hindwing is light grayish brown with a faintly checkered fringe. The legs are cream with strong brown flecking, except at the articulations.

Wingspan: Vsriable in size; up to 40 mm (Landry et al., 2013).

Adult Structural Features: Robinson (1986) provides descriptions and illustrations of the male and female genitalia.

Genitalia and other structural photos

Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.

Immatures and Development: The larvae feed on bracket fungi, including Fomes fomentarius in Japan (Robinson, 1986).

Distribution in North Carolina

Distribution: This introduced species was first discovered in the United States in 1967 and has since spread across a substantial portion of the eastern US. Adults have been recorded from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana southward through the Appalachian region to Tennessee, North Carolina, and central Alabama. Our earliest records for North Carolina are from 2014, and it has since been documented at several sites in the Piedmont and lower elevations in the mountains.

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Flight Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge
Flight Comments: Adult records from outside of North Carolina range from April through August. As of 2020, all but one of our records are from April and May.

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Local populations depend of bracket fungi that grow on hardwoods such as oaks and American Beech. As of 2020, our records are from semi-wooded residential neighborhoods and an urban park.

Larval Host Plants: The larvae specialize on bracket fungi, including Globifomes graveolens and Fomes fomentarius that grow on the trunks of various hardwoods (Robinson, 1986). - View

Observation Methods: The adults are attracted to lights, and adults have been reared from bracket fungi.

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Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNA SNA

State Protection:

Comments: This is an exotic species that does not merit protection.

Photo Gallery for Scardia amurensis - None

Photos: 17

	Recorded by: R. Teper, David George, J. Niznik on 2025-03-28 Chatham Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Dean Furbish, Lior S. Carlson on 2025-03-28 Orange Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Dean Furbish, Lior S. Carlson on 2025-03-28 Orange Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Dean Furbish, Lior S. Carlson on 2025-03-28 Orange Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2024-04-19 Cabarrus Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2022-09-05 Graham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Steve Hall on 2022-06-30 Durham Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2020-09-02 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Vin Stanton on 2020-09-02 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-05-26 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-04-04 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-04-04 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-04-04 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2017-10-25 Cabarrus Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Paul Scharf on 2014-05-04 Warren Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Paul Scharf on 2014-05-04 Warren Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Lenny Lampel on 2014-04-03 Mecklenburg Co. Comment: