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Tortricidae 51a1192 – 3280   Epinotia trigonella (Linnaeus, 1758)              Birch Epinotia

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Similar Species: 51a1192.1n Epinotia indecorana 51a1193 Epinotia sperana Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: trigonella (Linnaeus, 1758) (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: [NEW] bimaculana (Donovan, [1808]) (Phalaena); TL: Great Britain. biscutana (Wocke, 1862) (Grapholitha); TL: unknown. Note: Synonymy is uncertain; this name was included as a synonym of E. indecorana (Zetterstedt, 1839) in de Jong Y (2016). dissimilana (Treitschke, 1835) (Paedisca) jasperana Brown, 1980 (Epinotia) nom. nud. Note: manuscript name. similana (Hübner, 1793) (Phalaena); TL: Germany petalonota (Meyrick, 1937) (Eucosma) - MONA 1983: [3147]; TL: Greenland. "West Greenland (Sondra, Stromfjord, Camp Lloyd)". Note: Synonymy is uncertain; in designating a lectotype for indecorana, Wolff (1964) included as a synonym petalonota (Meyrick, 1937). stroemiana (Fabricius, 1781) (Pyralis) - MONA 1983: [3280]; TL: Germany Taxonomic Notes: Epinotia trigonella (Linnaeus, 1758): The relationship of this species to E. sperana McDunnough, 1935, E. indecorana (Zetterstedt, 1839) and their synonyms is uncertain (Michael Sabourin, in lit. 5iii2025).

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced. Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAB2504 (part) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification. Gilligan, T.M., J.W. Brown, J, Baixeras, 2020. Immigrant Tortricidae: Holarctic versus Introduced Species in North America. Insects, 11(9), 594: 1-59. (PDF or read online) Karsholt, O., N.P. Kristensen, T.J. Simonsen, M. Ahola, 2015. Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies). In: Böcher et al., The Greenland Entomofauna: An Identification Manual of Insects, Spiders and their Allies. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 44: 302–352. Pohl, G.R. & S.R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order). (PDF (no fee) or order book) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at iNaturalist

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