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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Olethreutini » Episimus » Episimus augmentana - Hodges#2702 (Episimus augmentana)

Species Episimus augmentana - Hodges#2702

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Episimus augmentana - Episimus augmentana

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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 Olethreutini

Genus Episimus

Species augmentana (Episimus augmentana - Hodges#2702)

Hodges Number

2702

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Episimus augmentana (Zeller, 1877)

Grapholitha augmentana Zeller, 1877

Episimus augmentus [sic] Kimball, 1965

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin augmentans meaning "augmenting."

Size

FWL: 5.5-6.8mm (♂), 6.8-7.3mm (♀) (1).

Identification

"This species is distinguished by its ochreous head vertex and the dark reddish-brown forewing markings, including a half-circular dorsal margin mark" (1).

Range

In our area, this species occurs in subtropical south Florida, from the Miami area to the Florida Keys (1).

Season

"Successive generations throughout the year; records are for every month of the year (1).

Food

Larval hosts are sumac (Rhus) and poisonwood (Metopium toxiferum). (2)

See Also

Episimus transferrana has "vertex dark fuscous". (1)

Print References

Zeller, P.C., 1877. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, variis sermonibus in Rossia usitatis editae 13: 160.

Internet References

Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)

Species page at The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	Episimus moths of North America (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). J.B. Heppner. 1994. Holarctic Lepidoptera, 1: 83-87.

2.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by John F. Carr on 18 October, 2009 - 8:48pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 9 January, 2018 - 2:25pm

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