WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Tortricidae 51a1085 – 3190   Epiblema desertana (Zeller, 1876)

Photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed. Contact individual photographers for permission to use for any purpose.

© Carol Wolf Large Map & Chart Report Errors About Maps

Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: desertana (Zeller, 1876) (Paedisca) - MONA 1983: 3190   Type locality: Holotype: Texas, Dallas.

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. 124.187. (PDF) 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: 48; pl. H, 18a-e; pl. 8, 18a-d, 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.

© Greg Raterman © Carol Wolf © Hugh McGuinness © Gretchen Grammer [T] © Mark Dreiling

16mm – © Jim Vargo 16mm – © U. S. National Museum

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone