Moths of North Carolina
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Pseudexentera kalmiana McDunnough, 1959 - No Common Name

Pseudexentera kalmianaPseudexentera kalmianaPseudexentera kalmianaPseudexentera kalmiana
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Tortricoidea		 Family:
Tortricidae		Subfamily:
Olethreutinae		Tribe:
Eucosmini		P3 Number:
51a1160		 MONA Number:
3255.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Structural photos
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable only by close inspection of structural features or by DNA analysis.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Pseudexentera kalmianaAlamance 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: The larva feeds on Kalmia angustifolia L. (Ferguson 1975, cited in Miller, 1986), probably referring to K. carolina as currently recognized (see LeGrand et al., 2023). - View
Wikipedia
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.
Comments:

 Photo Gallery for Pseudexentera kalmiana - None

Photos: 6
Pseudexentera kalmianaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-04-03
Madison Co.
Comment: Female (dissected).		Pseudexentera kalmianaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-04-03
Madison Co.
Comment:
Pseudexentera kalmianaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-04-03
Madison Co.
Comment: Female genitalia.		Pseudexentera kalmianaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-04-03
Madison Co.
Comment:
Pseudexentera kalmianaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper on 2025-03-28
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Pseudexentera kalmianaRecorded by: J. B. Sullivan and L Deutschman on 2001-04-22
Swain Co.
Comment: BOLD specimen: CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010; CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics.