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Tortricidae
51a1082.1 – 3185   Epiblema benignata McDunnough, 1925

© John van der Linden
Distribution: "Manitoba to Washington, south to Iowa , New Mexico, and California." - Gilligan et al. (2008).
Holotype: Canada, "Manitoba, Aweme".
Genitalia: See Can. Entomol. 57(1): 21; pl. 1, fig. 8.
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Synonymy: Epiblema benignata McDunnough, 1925
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 123.183. (out of print)
  • MacKay, M.R., 1959. Larvae of the North American Olethreutidae (Lepidoptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 91(S10): 1-338.
  • McDunnough, J., 1925. New Canadian Lepidoptera with notes. The Canadian Entomologist, 57(1): 21.
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • 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: 45; pl. G, 15a-f; pl. 6, 15a-c, order.
Epiblema benignata
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Epiblema benignata
© M. J. Hatfield
Epiblema benignata
DNA - © Mark Dreiling
Epiblema benignata
© John van der Linden
Epiblema benignata
© Jason Dombroskie
Epiblema benignata
16mm – © Jim Vargo
Epiblema benignata
16mm - LG – © Jim Vargo
Epiblema benignata
15mm – © U. S. National Museum
Epiblema benignata
- 19mm – © U. S. National Museum

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