Bug FAQSparganothis demissana
Sparganothis demissana · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Tortricidae
The adult moth has a wingspan of roughly 15 mm. It occurs in North America, including several U.S. states such as Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas, as well as Tamaulipas in Mexico.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
The wingspan is about 15 mm.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 4 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, Georgia, Idaho, Vermont.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparganothis_demissana
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Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.