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53 NC Records

Cydia marita Brown, 2014 - No Common Name

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Tortricoidea		 Family:
Tortricidae		Subfamily:
Olethreutinae		Tribe:
Grapholitini		P3 Number:
51a1335		 MONA Number:
3448.20
Comments: Cydia is a large genus with over 200 described species that occur worldwide, and with around 50 species in North America. Several species are important economic pests that often feed on fruits and seeds.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Brown and Jaeger (2014)                                                                                 
Adult Markings: The head, palps, antennae and thorax are predominantly gray. The forewing ground color tends to be bicolored, with gray or brownish-gray on the basal half that phases into orange or orangish-brown on the apical half. The ocellus has a gray bar on the anterior and posterior sides, and an orangish-brown ground with three horizontal black dashes. The forewing ground is overlain with grayish strigulae, with the most prominent being a pair at the middle of the wing that extends from the costa to the inner margin and forms an outwardly angulated fascia. A second shorter pair is present at around three-fourths. These converge towards the gray bar on the anterior edge of the ocellus then continue to form an angulated postmedian band that hits the inner margin well before the tornus. Three additional short strigulae are in the subapical region that project from the costa towards either the posterior bar on the ocellus or the termen, where one often faintly cuts the black terminal line. The cilia are leaden gray with a prominent black basal line at the base. The hindwing is brown with a paler fringe that has a light brown basal line.

Satronia tantilla is often confused with Cydia marita, but in the latter, 1) there are usually three elongated dashes in the ocellus rather than four or more short dashes or spots, 2) there are often two streaks from the costa that tend to converge toward the anterior bar on the ocellus to form the angulated post-median band, versus a single streak for S. tantilla, 3) the terminal three gray striae on the costal margin often continue well into the interior of the wing and may faintly cut the black line on the termen, while those of S. tantilla are short and do not extend into the interior of the wing, and 4) the post-median band is set further from the outer margin and contacts the inner margin well before the tornus, versus at or near the tornus in S. tantilla.
Adult Structural Features: Brown and Jaeger (2014) have illustrations and descriptions of the male and female genitalia. Also, see images below.
Structural photos
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Immatures and Development: The larval life history is undocumented.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution: The range is largely centered on the southeastern US, with records extending from Pennsylvania and Maryland southward through the Carolinas to Florida and westward to eastern Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, and western Tennessee. As of 2022, our records are restricted to the Coastal Plain and eastern Piedmont.
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Cydia marita
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Flight Comments: The adults have been observed from February through May, with a seasonal peak in March in most areas of the range. As of 2022, our records extend from early March through late-April.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Local populations are generally associated with pine or mixed pine-hardwood forests (Brown and Jaeger, 2014).
Larval Host Plants: The hosts are undocumented, but pines are the suspected hosts (Brown and Jaeger, 2014). - View
Observation Methods: The adults are attracted to lights.
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Pine Forests and Woodlands
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR S4S5
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Comments: This species can be locally common in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain and shows no evidence of widespread population declines.

 Photo Gallery for Cydia marita - None

51 photos are available. Only the most recent 30 are shown.

Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-04-05
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Lior S. Carlson, Dean Furbish on 2025-04-05
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George on 2025-04-04
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Lior S. Carlson, Dean Furbish on 2025-04-04
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper on 2025-03-28
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, Kaitlyn Elliott on 2025-03-23
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2025-03-13
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-03-12
Wilson Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-03-12
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-04-08
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2024-04-02
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-01
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, David George on 2024-03-31
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-03-30
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2024-03-17
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-03-17
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: John Petranka, Chuck Smith on 2024-03-14
Bladen Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Becky Watkins on 2024-03-14
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: David George on 2024-03-13
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-03-12
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2024-03-07
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-04-13
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn on 2023-04-05
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn on 2023-03-24
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-03-24
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-03-23
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: John Petranka on 2023-03-06
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-03-06
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-03-01
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2023-02-28
Mecklenburg Co.
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