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Tortricidae
51a1103.8 – 3173   Epiblema abruptana (Walsingham, 1879)
             Abrupt Epiblema

DNA - © Mark Dreiling
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Synonymy:
  • abruptana (Walsingham, 1879) (Paedisca) - MONA 1983: 3173
      Type locality: Holotype: Texas, Bosque County.
  • 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, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 121.179. (PDF)
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Walsingham, L.T.d.G., 1879. North-American Torticidae. Illustrations of typical specimens Lepidopters: Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum, 4: 53; pl. 72, fig. 6.
    • 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: 73; pl. P, 43a-f; pl. 18, 43a-g, order.
    Epiblema abruptana
    © Ken Childs
    Epiblema abruptana
    © Bob Patterson
    Epiblema abruptana
    © John Morgan
    Epiblema abruptana
    DNA - © Mark Dreiling
    Epiblema abruptana
    14mm – © Jim Vargo
    Epiblema abruptana
    © Richard L. Brown
    Epiblema abruptana
    13mm – © U. S. National Museum

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