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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)

Species Epiblema abruptana - Abrupt Epiblema - Hodges#3173

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · See Also · 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 abruptana (Abrupt Epiblema - Hodges#3173)

Hodges Number

3173

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Epiblema abruptana (Walsingham, 1879)

Paedisca abruptana Walsingham, 1879 (1)

Eucosma abruptana

Phylogenetic sequence #621066

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet abruptana likely refers to the palps that the author describes as "short" with "apical joint scarcely exposed." (1)

Size

Wingspan 14-17 mm. (2)

Range

e. US / s. QBC - Map (3)

See Also

Episimus argutanus

Print References

Walsingham, L. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum 4: 53, Pl.72, f.6. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

BOLD Systems

Lord Walsingham

Works Cited

1.	North-American Torticidae Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4.

2.	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.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 24 February, 2008 - 7:22pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 2 May, 2022 - 9:12pm

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