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Tortricidae
51a0470 – 2743   Endothenia nubilana (Clemens, 1865)

© Mark Dreiling
Genitalia: See Heinrich (1926).
Similar Species:
  • Endothenia quadrimaculana - "There is only one difference between our form [nubilana] and the European antiquana [quadrimaculana]: a few more short spines (8-12) on the inner side of uncus at apical margin. In the European specimens before me they number 4 to 6..." - Heinrich (1926).
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Siderea nubilana Clemens, 1865
Sericoris vetulana Walsingham, 1879
Taxonomic Notes: Endothenia nubilana (Clemens, 1865), listed as a subspecies of E. quadrimaculana (Haworth, [1811]) in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist), was reinstated as a full species with E. quadrimaculana treated as extralimital (Palearctic) in Miller (1983), Great Lakes Entomologist, 16(1): 5-12.
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Clemens, B., 1865. North American Micro-Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 5: 140.
  • Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 41.6. (out of print)
  • Heinrich, C., 1926. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamilies Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 132: 105; figs. 192, 357.
  • Miller, W.E., 1983. Nearctic Endothenia species: A new synonymy, a misidentification, and a revised status (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). The Great Lakes Entomologist, 16(1): 5-12.
  • Pohl, G.R., G.G. Anweiler, B.C. Schmidt, & N.G. Kondla, 2010. An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada. ZooKeys, 38: 1-549.
  • Species Page at Block Island Moths
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
  • Species Page at Mass Moths
Endothenia nubilana
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Endothenia nubilana
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Endothenia nubilana
© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Endothenia nubilana
© Nolie Schneider
Endothenia nubilana
17mm – © Jim Vargo
Endothenia nubilana
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