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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Epiblema » Epiblema dorsisuffusana - Hodges#3206 (Epiblema dorsisuffusana)

Species Epiblema dorsisuffusana - Hodges#3206

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)

Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)

Subfamily Olethreutinae

Tribe Eucosmini

Genus Epiblema

Species dorsisuffusana (Epiblema dorsisuffusana - Hodges#3206)

Hodges Number

3206

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Epiblema dorsisuffusana (Kearfott, 1908) (1)

Eucosma dorsisuffusana Kearfott, 1908 (2)

Phylogentic sequence #621102

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet means "suffused dorsally."

Size

Wingspan 17.5-24 mm. (2), (1)

Range

Records from Illinois to Maine, south to Maryland and southern Ohio. Also Florida. (3)

Types/material examined: Cincinnati, OH (Miss Braun, June 6-23); Pittsburgh, PA (Henry Engel, July 3). (2)

Print References

Kearfott, W.D., 1908. New North American Tortricidæ and Tineina. Journal of The New York Entomological Society 16(3): 167. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults

BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens

William D. Kearfott (1864-1917)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae Carl Heinrich. 1923. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 1-298.

2.	New North American Tortricidæ and Tineina W. D. Kearfott. 1908. Journal of The New York Entomological Society, 16: 167-188.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Ken Childs on 7 December, 2016 - 4:54pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 15 January, 2018 - 9:20am

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