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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 » Epinotia nisella - Hodges#3306 (Epinotia nisella)

Species Epinotia nisella - Hodges#3306

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Epinotia nisella 3306 - Epinotia nisella

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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 nisella (Epinotia nisella - Hodges#3306)

Hodges Number

3306

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Epinotia nisella (Clerck, 1759)

Phalaena nisella Clerck, 1759

Tortrix anana Schrank, 1802

Pyralis boeberana of authors not Fabricius, 1787

Tortrix cuspidana Haworth, 1811

Tortrix decorana Hübner, [1818-1819]

Tortrix lepidana Frölich, 1828

Grapholitha nisana Guenée, 1845

Phalaena pavonana Donovan, [1793]

Tortrix? rhombifasciana Haworth, 1811

Tortrix rubiana of authors not Haworth, 1811

Tortrix siliceana Hübner, [1811-1813]

Tortrix? stictana Haworth, 1811

Range

Holarctic

Food

Host plant: Primarily Salix but also Populus.

See Also

Epinotia cinereana tends to have pale areas lighter and less red tones. There is some overlap in appearance and dissection/DNA may be required.

Print References

Clerck, 1759. Icones Insectorum Rariorum, 1: pl. 12, fig. 6.

Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 155.250. (out of print)

Mutanen, M., Aarvik, L., Landry, J.-F., Segerer, A., and Karsholt, O. 2012. Epinotia cinereana (Haworth, 1811) bona sp., a Holarctic tortricid distinct from E. nisella (Clerck, 1759) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini) as evidenced by DNA barcodes, morphology and life history. Zootaxa. 3318: 1–25 (abstract)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

UK Moths

Carl Alexander Clerck

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 20 November, 2008 - 8:25am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 December, 2021 - 3:08am

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