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Tortricidae 51a1205 – 3292   Epinotia vertumnana (Zeller, 1876)

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Larva and Host Plants: Host familiy: Rosaceae Cannabaceae[Ulmaceae].  Host genera: Crataegus Celtis.  (Shropshire & Tallamy 2025 [accessed 6xii2025]) Description/ Field Marks: See Jour. Lepid. Soc. 40(4): 343 Genitalia: See Jour. Lepid. Soc. 40(4): figs. 22, 30. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: vertumnana (Zeller, 1876) (Paedisca) - MONA 1983: 3292

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced. Brown, R.L., 1986. Resurrection of Catastega (Clemens) and revision of the Epinotia vertumnana (Zeller) species-group (Tortricidae: Olethreutinae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 40(4): 327-346. Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 154.248. (PDF) Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at iNaturalist 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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