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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Epinotia » Diamondback Epinotia - Hodges#3351 (Epinotia lindana)

Species Epinotia lindana - Diamondback Epinotia - Hodges#3351

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

Epinotia lindana - Diamondback Epinotia Moth 3351 - Epinotia lindana

For Oregon and for August - Epinotia lindana

Diamondback Epinotia Moth - Epinotia lindana

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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 Epinotia

Species lindana (Diamondback Epinotia - Hodges#3351)

Hodges Number

3351

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Epinotia lindana (Fernald, 1892)

Steganoptycha lindana Fernald, 1892

Phylogenetic sequence #621260

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet in honor of Rose Linda Davis (1872-1920) of Amherst, Massachusetts "who has ably assisted me in my entomological work for the past three years."

Size

Wingspan 18-20 mm. (1)

Forewing length 7-10 mm. (2)

Range

Across North America. (2)

Food

Larval host is dogwood (Cornus). (1)

Life Cycle

Leaf shelter; larva; spent pupa; adult

Print References

Fernald, C.H. 1892. New North American microlepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 24(7): 178.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

iNaturalist

Discover Life

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Charles H. Fernald

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.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

Contributed by Mike Boone on 7 October, 2006 - 7:02pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 6 January, 2024 - 7:29am

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