Moths of North Carolina
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3 NC Records

Synanthedon castaneae (Busck, 1913) - Chestnut Borer

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Taxonomy
Superfamily: Sesioidea Family: SesiidaeSubfamily: SesiinaeTribe: SynanthedoniniP3 Number: 640119.00 MONA Number: 2577.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
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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
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Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Chestnut Forests
Status in North Carolina
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Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G3G5 S2S4
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Comments: This species was once thought to have become extinct following the great die-off American Chestnuts (Eichlin and Duckworth, 1988). However, it has recently been rediscovered in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama (Snow and Eichlin, 1986; Eichlin and Duckworth, 1988), which Eichlin and Snow speculated may indicate that this species may be able to use Chinquapin. In our mountains, however, there is some chance that it could be surviving on sapling American Chestnuts, which remain fairly common in that area.