Google
WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Tortricidae
51a0685 – 3395   Hystrichophora taleana (Grote, 1878)
             Indigobush Twig Borer

© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Grapholitha taleana Grote, 1878
Taxonomic Notes: Hystrichophora taleana: Todd Gilligan (pers. comm., 07/2013) advises that there are at least two undescribed species forming a complex with H. taleana. It will require spread specimens and/or examination of genitalia to distinguish them. Descriptions of differencesd are not presently available. ~ B.P.
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. 167.273. (PDF)
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Hystrichophora taleana
15mm – © Jim Vargo
Hystrichophora taleana
16mm – © U. S. National Museum
Hystrichophora taleana
15mm – © 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