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Tortricidae
51a1098 – 3202   Epiblema otiosana (Clemens, 1860)
             Bidens Borer

© Ken Childs
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • otiosana Clemens 1860 (Monosphragis) - MONA 1983: 3202; Type locality: not given
  • inclinana Zeller 1876 (Paedisca); Type locality: Lectotype: New York
  • References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 125.190. (PDF)
    • Species Page at Block Island Moths
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Wright, D.J. & T.M. Gilligan, 2023. Epiblema Hübner, Sonia Heinrich, Suleima Heinrich, and Notocelia Hübner of the Contiguous United States and Canada (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 9.6: 60; pl. M, 31a-f; pl. 13, 31a-e, order.
    • Zeller, P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 207-360.
    Epiblema otiosana
    © Bob Patterson
    Epiblema otiosana
    © Mark Dreiling - DNA
    Epiblema otiosana
    © David Reed
    Epiblema otiosana
    © Tom Murray
    Epiblema otiosana
    © Carol Wolf
    Epiblema otiosana
    © Ken Childs
    Epiblema otiosana
    © Tom Murray
    Epiblema otiosana
    16mm – © Jim Vargo
    Epiblema otiosana
    17mm – © U. S. National Museum
    Epiblema otiosana
    18m – © U. S. National Museum
    Epiblema otiosana
    - 18mm – © U. S. National Museum
    Epiblema otiosana
    © George Smiley LG
    in Bidens aristosa

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