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Tortricidae 51a1065 – 3172   Epiblema strenuana (Walker, 1863)              Ragweed Borer

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Description/ Field Marks: See Gilligan et al. (2020) Epiblema strenuana typically has a brown face and labial palpi. Genitalia: Gilligan et al. (2020) Similar Species: Epiblema minutana typically has a white face and labial palpi. Epiblema luctuosissima. Eucosma aquilana has third labial palpus segment black. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: strenuana (Walker, 1863) (Grapholita) - MONA 1983: 3172 antaxia (Meyrick, 1920) (Eucosma) exvagana (Walker, 1863) (Grapholita) flavocellana (Clemens, 1865) (Steganoptycha) subversana (Zeller, 1876) (Grapholita)

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. Gilligan, T.M., D.J. Wright, R.L. Brown, B.A. Augustinus, U. Schaffner, 2020. Taxonomic issues related to biological control prospects for the ragweed borer, Epiblema strenuana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Zootaxa, 4729(3): 347-358. (download also available at Researchgate) Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 121.178. (PDF) Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 15.44f, 15.45m; p. 135. Book Review and ordering Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths 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: 30; pl. A, 1a-o; pl. 1, 1a-h, order. Zeller, P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 207-360.

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