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Tortricidae 51a1104 – 3123   Epiblema mandana (Kearfott, 1907)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: mandana (Kearfott, 1907) (Eucosma) - MONA 1983: 3123   Type locality: Lectotype: Washington, DC. amanda (Meyrick, 1912) (Eucosma) Taxonomic Notes: Epiblema mandana (Kearfott, 1907), rev. stat, and n. comb.(Gilligan et al. 2013), was formerly treated as a synonym of Pelochrista comatulana.

References

Gilligan, T.M. & D.J. Wright, 2013. Revised world catalogue of Eucopina, Eucosma, Pelochrista, and Phaneta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). Zootaxa, 3746(2): 301-337. Meyrick, E., 1912. On some impossible specific names in Micro-Lepidoptera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 48: 32-36. 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: 74; pl. Q, 44a-e; pl. 18, 44a-g, order.

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