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Salebriaria engeli (Dyar, 1906) - Engel's Salebriaria

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Pyraloidea		 Family:
Pyralidae		Subfamily:
Phycitinae		Tribe:
Phycitini		P3 Number:
80a0233		 MONA Number:
5773.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Neunzig (1996)                                                                                 
Structural photos
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.
Salebriaria engeliAlamance 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:
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on oaks, with reported hosts including Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) and Black Oak (Q. velutina) (Lill, 2008; Marquis et al., 2019). - View
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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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 Photo Gallery for Salebriaria engeli - Engel's Salebriaria

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Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-07-22
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-06-20
Madison Co.
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Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-06-20
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Jeff Niznik, David George, Larry Chen, Sarah Toner, Joye Zhou on 2025-06-20
Richmond Co.
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Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-05-24
Richmond Co.
Comment: 		Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Simpson Eason on 2025-05-18
Durham Co.
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Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Jim Petranka, John Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-05-09
Cumberland Co.
Comment: 		Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Jim Petranka, John Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-05-09
Cumberland Co.
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Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Simpson Eason on 2025-04-29
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-08-23
Madison Co.
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Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Stefanie Hedrick on 2024-06-25
Moore Co.
Comment: 		Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: David George on 2024-06-14
Durham Co.
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Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-06-12
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-06-12
Wake Co.
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Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper, Becky Watkins on 2023-07-30
Swain Co.
Comment: 		Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-07-14
Madison Co.
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Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-12
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Dean Furbish and Joy Wiggins on 2023-06-18
Wake Co.
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Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Dean Furbish and Joy Wiggins on 2023-06-18
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Bo Sullivan on 2023-06-13
Scotland Co.
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Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Bo Sullivan on 2023-06-13
Scotland Co.
Comment: 		Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: John Petranka on 2023-05-25
Orange Co.
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Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: John Petranka and Jim Petranka on 2023-05-18
Moore Co.
Comment: 		Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-05-17
Chatham Co.
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Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson, Stephen Dunn on 2022-09-17
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: David George, L. M. Carlson, Stephen Dunn on 2022-09-17
Orange Co.
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Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Dean Furbish and Joy Wiggins on 2022-08-14
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Simpson Eason on 2022-08-08
Durham Co.
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Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2022-07-17
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Salebriaria engeliRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2022-07-17
Guilford Co.
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