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Ancylis virididorsana (Möschler, 1891) - Olive Ancylis

Ancylis virididorsana
Taxonomy
Family:
Tortricidae		Subfamily:
Olethreutinae		P3 Number:
51a0678.1		 MONA Number:
3388.40
Species Status: Ancylis virididorsana is one of our most distinctive Ancylis due to the green color of the dorsal portions of the forewings. This species was described from Puerto Rico and was known from the Florida Keys for decades. It appears to be expanding its range and has since been taken in Texas. iNat also has several apparently valid records from Texas eastward to Alabama as of 2025, but none even close to North Carolina. Randy Newman found this species in North Carolina in 2021 at Fort Macon and Tracy Feldman found larvae and reared two adults in 2025 from the same site.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Structural photos
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Ancylis virididorsanaAlamance 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
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Larval Host Plants: As of 2025, the species has been reared only twice that we are aware of and in both cases the larvae fed on Supplejack (Berchemia scandens).
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Ancylis virididorsana
Recorded by: R. Newman on 2021-05-16
Carteret Co.
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