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Cydia lacustrina (Miller, 1976) - No Common Name

Cydia lacustrina
Taxonomy
Superfamily: Tortricoidea Family: TortricidaeSubfamily: OlethreutinaeTribe: GrapholitiniP3 Number: 51a1352 MONA Number: 3464.00
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: Miller (1976)                                                                                 
Adult Markings: The following is based primarily on the description by Miller (1976). The head and palps are light brown and the thorax is slightly darker brown with white-tipped scales. The tegula is white above and brown medially. The costa has a series of 8-10 pairs of irregular white dashes that extend a short distance into the interior of the wing where they encounter a zone of suffused whitish wash. The dorsal area has a series of fewer and wider white striae that form conspicuous markings near the middle and the tornus. A diffuse, wide, blackish longitudinal band separates the lighter areas on the costal and dorsal thirds and extends from the wing base to the apex. The fringe varies from white to brown, with a black basal line that extends around the termen, while the hindwing is brown with a white fringe.
Forewing Length: 8.5-9.5 mm (Gilligan et al., 2008)
Adult Structural Features: Gilligan et al. (2008) have illustrations of the male and female genitalia. They note that the male valva tapers evenly to the cucullus, which has a strongly produced anal angle and a densely setose medial surface. In addition, the sacculus has a ridge with a row of stout setae. In females the sterigma is rectangular, and the posterior half of the ductus bursae is wide and sclerotized.
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: Cydia lacustrina is found in Ontario and Quebec, Canada, and in the US from New Hampshire and Vermont westward across the Great Lakes region to eastern North Dakota. The range extends southward to central Texas, central Oklahoma, Kentucky, and North Carolina, with a possible disjunct in Colorado. As of 2022, we have a single record from the Piedmont.
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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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Flight Comments: The adults fly from April though July in different areas of the range. As of 2022, our one record is from April 12.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats: The preferred habitats are poorly documented. Our one site record is from a residential neighborhood.
Larval Host Plants: The preferred hosts are undocumented. - View
Observation Methods: The adults are attracted to lights.
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR [S1-S2]
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
Comments: This species is seemingly rare in North Carolina with only a single site record as of 2022.

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Recorded by: Darryl Willis on 2017-00-00
Cabarrus Co.
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