Species Epinotia emarginana - Hodges#3323

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Tortricid IMG_6685 - Epinotia emarginana

Epinotia emarginana? - Epinotia emarginana

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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 emarginana (Epinotia emarginana - Hodges#3323)

Hodges Number

3323

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Epinotia emarginana (Walsingham, 1879) (1)

Proteopteryx emarginana Walsingham, 1879 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence #621235

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet means "notched margin," for the "apical margin oblique, abruptly indented" in the description of the species and the genus Proteopteryx, of which emarginana was the type before Heinrich (1926) moved them all to Epinotia. (2), (1)

Size

Wingspan 13-17 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - Highly variable. Walsingham (1879) described and illustrated five varieties in the original description. (2)

Print References

Walsingham, Lord. 1879. North-American Torticidae. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum 4: 68, Pl.76, f.2-6 (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Lord Walsingham (Wikipedia)

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

Contributed by Tim Loh on 1 April, 2009 - 11:24am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 16 December, 2017 - 8:24am

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