Moths of North Carolina
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5 NC Records

Pseuderotis obiterella (Busck, 1908) - No Common Name

Taxonomy
Superfamily: Gelechioidea Family: DepressariidaeSubfamily: [Peleopodinae]Tribe: [Peleopodini]P3 Number: 420222.00 MONA Number: 1009.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Photographs: 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.
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Recorded habitats in North Carolina include pocosins in the Outer Coastal Plain and streamhead pocosins in the Sandhills
Larval Host Plants: Larvae reared on Gordonia lasianthus by Tracy Feldman 2021 (BugGuide, accessed 2023) - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Coastal Plain Wet Acidic Shrublands
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: [GNR] S2S3
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
Comments: Described as rarely collected (Hodges, 1974)

 Photo Gallery for Pseuderotis obiterella - No common name

Photos: 3

Recorded by: J.B. Sullivan on 1999-08-08
Carteret Co.
Comment: BOLD specimen; in USNM.		Recorded by: J.B. Sullivan on 1999-03-24
Craven Co.
Comment: BOLD specimen; in USNM.
Recorded by: J.B. Sullivan on 1999-03-24
Craven Co.
Comment: BOLD specimen; in USNM.