Moths of North Carolina
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View PDFTineidae Members: Setomorpha Members: 2 NC Records

Setomorpha rutella Zeller, 1852 - Tropical Tobacco Moth

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Tineoidea		 Family:
Tineidae		Subfamily:
Setomorphinae		P3 Number:
300037		 MONA Number:
428.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
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Setomorpha rutellaAlamance 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 Hanover 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:
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on stored plant material and can be a pest of tobacco and other crops. Robinson et al. (2010) report the following are used: Garden Onion (Allium cepa), caraway (Carum), Citrus, yam (Dioscorea), blanket-flower (Gaillardia), cotton (Gossypium), sunflower (Helianthus), Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas), Cultivated Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), Asian Rice (Oryza sativa), Potato (Solanum tuberosum), and Corn (Zea mays). - View
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Status in North Carolina
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