Moths of North Carolina
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Sparganothis niteolinea Powell & Brown, 2012 - No Common Name

Sparganothis niteolinea
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Tortricoidea		 Family:
Tortricidae		Subfamily:
Tortricinae		Tribe:
Sparganothini		P3 Number:
51a0404		 MONA Number:
3702.50
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution: The majority of the records for this species are from Florida. Also occurs elsewhere along the Gulf Coast and north as far as North Carolina, where it was recorded at Spout Springs in the Sandhills (Powell and Brown, 2012)
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Sparganothis niteolineaAlamance 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: North Carolina records are all from the Fall-line Sandhills. At least some of the records from Florida are also from sandhills habitats, including at the Archbold Biological Station (Powell and Brown, 2012).
Larval Host Plants: The host plants are apparently unknown. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Fire-maintained Sandhills
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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Photos: 4
Sparganothis niteolineaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-05-24
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Sparganothis niteolineaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-05-24
Richmond Co.
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Sparganothis niteolineaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-05-24
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Sparganothis niteolineaRecorded by: Jim Petranka, Bo Sullivan, and Steve Hall on 2022-08-29
Scotland Co.
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