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Tortricidae 51a0491.2 – 2702.6   Episimus rufatus Razowski & Brown, 2008

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Distribution: USA: FL. Type locality: Jamaica, "Portland Parish, 4 mi S Hartford". Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Taxonomic Notes: Episimus rufatus Razowski & Brown, n. sp., Acta Zool. Cracov. 51B(1-2):99, is now recognized within the North American fauna from Florida, Heppner (2009), Tri-ology, 48(3):2, confirmed by James Hayden.

References

Heppner, J.B., 2009. Episimus n. sp. (a tortricid moth), a new Western Hemisphere record. Tri-ology, 48(3): 2. Razowski J, & J.W. Brown, 2008. New species, new combinations, and new synonymies in Neotropical Episimus Walsingham, 1892 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 51B(1-2): 83-144.

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