Moths of North Carolina
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View PDFPyralidae Members: Sciota Members: 4 NC Records

Sciota rubrisparsella (Ragonot, 1887) - Red-splashed Leafroller Moth

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Pyraloidea		 Family:
Pyralidae		Subfamily:
Phycitinae		Tribe:
Phycitini		P3 Number:
80a0272		 MONA Number:
5804.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Immature Stages: Corrette and Neuzig (1979)                                                                                 
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Sciota rubrisparsellaAlamance 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.
Immature 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: immatures.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats: The habitat at Waterlily, the site of the original collections in North Carolina, was not described by Corrette and Neugzig. The town is located along a narrow strip of land bordering Currituck Sound and has an area of hardwoods and pines located on the western side. Sugarberry usually requires rich, mesic forests, which seem unlikely at this location. Sullivan also collected two specimens from martime shrub habitat at Fort Macon, where Sugarberry is not known to occur.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on Celtis (Heinrich, 1956) and have been observed feeding on Sugarberry (Celtis laevigata) in North Carolina (Corrette & Neunzig, 1979). However, records from Fort Macon suggest a wider range of host plants may be used. Sugarberry has not been recorded in the park, although it has been found in association with shell middens (Weakley, 2015) and a population has recently been discovered on Bogue Banks (John Fussell, pers. comm. to JBS). - View
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Status in North Carolina
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Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SU
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