Moths of North Carolina

Scientific Name:	Common Name:		Family (Alpha):

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Fissicrambus hemiochrellus (Zeller, 1877) - No Common Name

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Taxonomy

Superfamily:
Pyraloidea

Family:
Crambidae

Subfamily:
Crambinae

Tribe:
Crambini

P3 Number:
80a1491

MONA Number:
5434.00

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions:

Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD

Adult Markings: The head, thorax and inner portion of the forewing are ochraceous yellow (Fernald, 1896). The palps are thickly dusted with gray and the costal portion of the wing is yellowish-gray and separated from the brighter inner portion by a pale longitudinal streak. The median line is fine and rust brown, forming an acute angle at the end of the cell. The subterminal line is also fine, dark brown and dentate on the veins but makes a sharp bend just below the costa. The terminal area is gray with the terminal line either obsoleted or consisting of a series of fine gray dots. Hindwings are light gray.

Wingspan: 22 mm (Fernald, 1896)

Forewing Length: 9-12 mm (Bleszynski, 1963)

Structural photos

Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.

Immatures and Development: Larvae were well-described by Ainslie (1918)

Distribution in North Carolina


Distribution: Most records for this species come from the Southeast. Fernald (1896) lists only Texas for this species and the range map given by Ainslie (1918) shows a number of records from Texas and from as far north along the Mississippi River as South Dakota; he also plotted one record from Washington D.C. The range map given by the Moth Photographer's Group, however, shows no records from Texas and a strong concentration in Florida, which was not shown on Ainslie's map. Our records are concentrated along the Coast but we also have scattered records from inland locations, all verified by dissection.
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: The majority of our records come from dune grasslands on our barrier islands. Inland records come from both dry sandhills and wet mountain bogs.

Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on grasses. Ainslie reared them on Kentucky Bluegrass but did not know what the natural host might be.

Wikipedia

See also Habitat Account for General Successional and Semi-Natural Grasslands

Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR S3S4

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Fissicrambus hemiochrellus (Zeller, 1877) - No Common Name