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Tortricidae
51a1098 – 3202   Epiblema otiosana (Clemens, 1860)
             Bidens Borer

© Ken Childs
Distribution: Type locality (otiosana): not given.
Lectotype (inclinana): New York.
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Monosphragis otiosana Clemens, 1860
Paedisca inclinana Zeller, 1876
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. 125.190. (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: 60; pl. M, 31a-f; pl. 13, 31a-e, 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.
Epiblema otiosana
© Bob Patterson
Epiblema otiosana
© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Epiblema otiosana
© David Reed
Epiblema otiosana
© Tom Murray
Epiblema otiosana
© Carol Wolf
Epiblema otiosana
© Ken Childs
Epiblema otiosana
© Tom Murray
Epiblema otiosana
16mm – © Jim Vargo
Epiblema otiosana
17mm – © U. S. National Museum
Epiblema otiosana
18m – © U. S. National Museum
Epiblema otiosana
- 18mm – © U. S. National Museum
Epiblema otiosana
© George Smiley LG
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