Moths of North Carolina
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8 NC Records

Epiblema brightonana (Kearfott, 1907) - Brighton's Epiblema Moth

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Tortricoidea Family: TortricidaeSubfamily: OlethreutinaeTribe: EucosminiP3 Number: 621099.00 MONA Number: 3203.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Photographs: 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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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 Epiblema brightonana - Brighton's Epiblema Moth

Photos: 12

Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-08-16
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-08-09
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-08-09
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-08-03
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-08-03
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-07-28
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-07-28
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-07-02
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-07-02
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-07-07
Madison Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2018-07-07
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Robert Gilson on 2015-07-15
Mecklenburg Co.
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