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

© Tom Murray
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
    Catastega timidella
    © Hugh McGuinness
    Catastega timidella
    © Bob Patterson
    Catastega timidella
    © Mark Dreiling - DNA
    Catastega timidella
    15mm – © Jim Vargo
    Catastega timidella
    17mm – © Mississippi Entomological Museum
    Catastega timidella
    - 15mm – © U. S. National Museum

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