Moths of North Carolina
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View PDFGracillariidae Members: Parornix Members: 3 NC Records

Parornix obliterella (Dietz, 1907) - No Common Name

Parornix obliterella
view caption 		Parornix obliterella
view caption 		Parornix obliterella
Taxonomy
Family:
Gracillariidae		Subfamily:
Parornichinae		P3 Number:
33a0138		 MONA Number:
678.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Parornix obliterellaAlamance 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
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Larval Host Plants: In North Carolina, larvae have been recorded mining Sweet Birch (Betula lenta). - View
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Status in North Carolina
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 Photo Gallery for Parornix obliterella - None

Photos: 5
Parornix obliterellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-07-05
Madison Co.
Comment: Parornix mines and associated, abandoned leaf folds were on Betula lenta. The leaf folds were consistently made on the upper sides of the leaves. 		Parornix obliterellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-07-05
Madison Co.
Comment: Parornix mines and associated, abandoned leaf folds were on Betula lenta. The leaf folds were consistently made on the upper sides of the leaves.
Parornix obliterellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-07-04
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Parornix obliterellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-07-04
Madison Co.
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Parornix obliterellaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-04-21
Madison Co.
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