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Tortricidae
51a0359 – 3683   Clepsis consimilana (Hübner, 1822)
© John Davis - female © John Davis - male
Distribution: Northeast and Pacific Northwest; Introduced from Eurasia.
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • consimilana (Hübner, 1822) (Tortrix)
  • eatoniana (Ragonot, 1881) (Tortrix)
  • fallaciana (Fuchs, 1903) (Tortrix)
  • obliterana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) (Tortrix)
  • peregrinana (Stephens, 1852) (Pandemis)
  • placida (Diakonoff, 1948) (Siclobola)
  • productana (Zeller, 1847) (Tortrix)
  • semiana (Chrétien, 1915) (Cacoecia)
  • unifasciana (Duponchel, 1842) (Tortrix)
  • 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.
    • Dang, P.T., R.W. Duncan & S. Fitzpatrick, 1996. Occurrence of two Palaearctic species of Clepsis Guenée, C. spectrana (Treitschke) and C. consimilana (Hubner) (Tortricidae), in British Columbia, Canada. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 50(4): 324; figs. 2a-d (♂ gen.), 3b (♀ gen.).
    • Hübner, J., [1796-1799]. Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge, 7: pl. 38, fig. 239
    • Klots, A.B., 1941. Two European Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) not hitherto recorded from North America. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 36: 126-127. (as unifasciana Duponchel, syn.)
    • Species Page at Block Island Moths
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    Clepsis consimilana
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    Clepsis consimilana
    © Jason Dombroskie
    Clepsis consimilana
    14mm – © Jim Vargo
    Clepsis consimilana
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