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Species Epiblema dorsisuffusana - Hodges#3206

Representative Images

Unknown Tortricidae - Epiblema dorsisuffusana Eucosmini - Epiblema dorsisuffusana Olethreutinae - Epiblema dorsisuffusana Small Dark Moth - Epiblema dorsisuffusana Epiblema dorsisuffusana Epiblema dorsisuffusana Epiblema dorsisuffusana Tortricid - Epiblema dorsisuffusana
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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
No Taxon (otiosana group)
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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