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Tortricidae
51a1201 – 3291   Epinotia celtisana (Riley, 1881)

© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Description/
Field Marks:
See Jour. Lepid. Soc. 40(4): 340.
Genitalia: See Jour. Lepid. Soc. 40(4): figs. 24, 25, 29
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • celtisana Riley 1881 (Paedisca)
  • laracana Kearfott 1907 (Proteopteryx)
  • navalis Meyrick 1912 (Proteopteryx)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Epinotia celtisana (Riley, 1881) includes as a synonym of 3291 Epinotia laracana (Kearfott, 1907) in Brown (1987), Jour. Lepid. Soc. 41(4): 213 (corrects previous synonymy in Brown (1986), Jour. Lepid. Soc. 40(4): 340).
    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.
    • Brown, R.L., 1987. Correction of a name in the Epinotia vertumnana (Zeller) species-group (Tortricidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 41(4): 213.
    • Meyrick, E., 1912. On some impossible specific names in Micro-Lepidoptera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 48: 32-36.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    Epinotia celtisana
    (gen.) - © Ken Childs
    Epinotia celtisana
    15mm – © Jim Vargo
    Epinotia celtisana
    15mm – © Jim Vargo
    Epinotia celtisana
    14mm – © U. S. National Museum
    Epinotia celtisana
    13mm – © U. S. National Museum
    Epinotia celtisana
    15mm – © U. S. National Museum

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