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Tortricidae
51a0485 – 2701   Episimus argutana (Clemens, 1860)
             Sumac Leaftier

© Ken Childs
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • argutana Clemens 1860 (Bactra) - MONA 1983: 2701
  • allutana Zeller 1879 (Grapholitha)
  • hamameliella Clemens [1862] (Catastega)
  • 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.
    • Clemens, B., 1861 [1862]. Micro-Lepidopterous Larvae. Notes on a few species, the imagos of which are probably undescribed. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 1(4): 87.
    • Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 45.12. (PDF)
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 14.22m; p. 130. Book Review and ordering
    • Species Page at Block Island Moths
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    Episimus argutana
    © Hugh McGuinness
    Episimus argutana
    © Nolie Schneider
    Episimus argutana
    © Tom Murray
    Episimus argutana
    © John Davis
    Episimus argutana
    © Mark Dreiling - DNA
    Episimus argutana
    © Bob Patterson
    Episimus argutana
    © Carol Wolf
    Episimus argutana
    CalPhotos – © Jerry Powell
    Episimus argutana
    11mm – © Jim Vargo
    Episimus argutana
    15mm – © U. S. National Museum
    Episimus argutana
    14mm – © U. S. National Museum
    Episimus argutana
    © Canadian National Collection LG

    Episimus argutana
    © Canadian National Collection LG


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