Moths of North Carolina

Scientific Name:	Common Name:		Family (Alpha):

View PDF	Tortricidae Members:	Aethes Members:	2 NC Records
Aethes rutilana (Hübner, 1818) - Juniper Conch Moth

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Taxonomy

Superfamily: Tortricoidea

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Tribe: Cochylini

P3 Number: 51a0152.1

MONA Number: 3760.00

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:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.


Flight Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Both of our records for this species come from the Piedmont, suggesting that Eastern Red Cedar was the host plant that was used in North Carolina

Larval Host Plants: Larvae are reported to feed on Junipers (Forbes, 1923; Schaffner, 1959; Brown et al., 2008; Eiseman, 2022). - View

Wikipedia

See also Habitat Account for General Cedar Woodlands

Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR [SH]

State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.

Comments: This is primarily a northern species and has not been recorded in North Carolina since at least 1938, when Brimley published the Insects of North Carolina, the only source of records for this species in the state

Aethes rutilana (Hübner, 1818) - Juniper Conch Moth