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Epinotia vagana? - Epinotia lindana

Epinotia vagana? - Epinotia lindana
9 miles south of Wrangell, Wrangell County, Alaska, USA
August 10, 2015
Attracted to porch lite. This species has been reported not very far north of Wrangell.

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Epinotia vagana? - Epinotia lindana Epinotia vagana? - Epinotia lindana

Moved to Epinotia lindana
Moved from Tortricid Moths.

Tentative ID. See comments below.

Epinotia lindana
This does seem to match the description for vagana here pretty well except for the part about the distal border between the pale area and the dark area. However, BOLD has a near exact match under lindana from Landry so I think we should go by that. See Sample ID:CNCLEP00029396 here. Apparently there is a population in your area with the dark part of the wing being a brighter red. See other examples in the same BIN cluster here. It's genetically pretty far from its nearest neighbor, a BIN with dark lindana, and I wonder if it might be eventually placed in its own species.

Moved for Expert Review
Moved from ID Request.

Looks like an Epinotia
Susan,
This is way out of my fauna. I'm going to move to genus, where hopefully someone can verify. If you're correct, we'll have to add a guide page, as it would be a first for bugguide.
Z

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