Bug FAQSinoe chambersi
Sinoe chambersi · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Gelechiidae
The adult has a wingspan of about 11.5 mm. It lives in North America, from Alberta to Quebec in Canada and from Pennsylvania to Mississippi and California in the United States. Adults fly from January to March in the southern part of its range and from March to June farther north.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Wingspan measures 11.4 to 11.6 mm.
Source: Wikipedia
When you see it
Adults are on the wing January-March in the south and March-June in the north.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Found in the United States (Pennsylvania to Mississippi and California) and Canada (Alberta to Quebec).
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 23 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Pennsylvania, Texas, Maryland, Louisiana, Indiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Virginia.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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Questions people ask
When are adults active?
Adults fly from January to March in the southern part of their range and from March to June farther north.
Source: Wikipedia
Where are they found?
They occur in North America, from Alberta to Quebec in Canada and from Pennsylvania to Mississippi and California in the United States.
Source: Wikipedia
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinoe_chambersi
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Text written 2026-10-27 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-27.