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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 » Abrupt Epiblema - Hodges#3173 (Epiblema abruptana)
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Small moth 061716bar - Epiblema abruptana
Copyright © 2016 Cliff Ivy

Small moth 061716bar - Epiblema abruptana
Barling, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
June 17, 2016
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Contributed by Cliff Ivy on 17 June, 2016 - 12:44am
Last updated 25 June, 2016 - 12:05pm

Moved
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… Cliff Ivy, 25 June, 2016 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

Looks familiar
You may find my post here interesting but not very helpful. Maybe someone will offer help!
… Peter Homann, 22 June, 2016 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Peter
Very helpful and informative. Looks like we have the same moth.
… Cliff Ivy, 22 June, 2016 - 10:56pm login or register to post comments

 
#3173 Epiblema abruptana?
Cliff, some considerations led me to ask Jim Vargo for his opinion and he replied that Carol Wolf's, your and my moth belong to the Epiblema strenuana-abruptana complex but would need dissection for an ID. Well, I looked at the BugGuide images and found among E. abruptana some that look very much like ours, e.g here and here, the latter one having the "blessing" of Ken Childs. I think I will move mine to abruptana
… Peter Homann, 25 June, 2016 - 10:10am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks again Peter
The two images are spot on. I will go with Ken Child as well.
… Cliff Ivy, 25 June, 2016 - 12:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Setting things straight
I have to correct myself regarding Jim Vargo's comment: He did not write that separating strenuana from abruptana needs dissection but states that the genera Eucosma (alias Pelochrista) and Epiblema are easily distinguished by dissection. I am an inattentive reader.
… Peter Homann, 28 June, 2016 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

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… Aaron Hunt, 20 June, 2016 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

Eucosmini, I think
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… Aaron Hunt, 17 June, 2016 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

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