Moths of North Carolina
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Dichomeris bipunctellus (Walsingham, 1882) - No Common Name

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Gelechioidea		 Family:
Gelechiidae		Subfamily:
Dichomeridinae		P3 Number:
59a0536		 MONA Number:
2274.00		 MONA Synonym:
Dichomeris bipunctella
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Hodges (1986)                                                                                 
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.
Dichomeris bipunctellusAlamance 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: Our records come from the Tidewater area, including a residential area located close to a sound and one pocosin located a few miles from the coast. Waxmyrtles seem to be the most likely host plants at those sites.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae have been reared on Myricaceae, including Sweet-fern (Comptonia peregrina), Sweet-gale (Myrica gale), and bayberry (Morella) (Hodges, 1986). Hodges also suspected that Waxmyrtle (Morella cerifera) and other members of this family would be used in the South. We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
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See also Habitat Account for Myricaceous Thickets
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR S3S4
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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Dichomeris bipunctellusRecorded by: Mark Shields on 2020-06-21
Onslow Co.
Comment: 		Dichomeris bipunctellusRecorded by: Mark Shields on 2020-06-11
Onslow Co.
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Dichomeris bipunctellusRecorded by: Mark Shields on 2020-04-13
Onslow Co.
Comment: 		Dichomeris bipunctellusRecorded by: Mark Shields on 2020-04-13
Onslow Co.
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