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Tortricidae 51a1267 – 3333   Catastega timidella Clemens, [1862]              Oak Trumpet Skeletonizer

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Description/ Field Marks: See Jour. Lepid. Soc. 40(4): 330. Genitalia: See Jour. Lepid. Soc. 40(4): fig. 7 Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: timidella Clemens, [1862] (Catastega) - MONA 1983: 3333

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. 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. Clemens, B., 1861 [1862]. Micro-Lepidopterous Larvae. Notes on a few species, the imagos of which are probably undescribed. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 1(4): 87. Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 159.259. (PDF) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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