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Genus Cenopis

 Reticulated Sparganothis, a metallic orange moth - Cenopis reticulatana Reticulated Fruitworm Moth – 3720 - Dorsal - Cenopis reticulatana Tortricidae, spent pupa - Cenopis pettitana reticulated fruitworm - Cenopis reticulatana Cenopis - male Tortricinae, Aproned Sparganothis - Cenopis niveana Hodges #3725 - Maple-Basswood Leafroller Moth - Cenopis pettitana Tortricinae, dorsal - Cenopis directana
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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 Tortricinae
Tribe Sparganothini
Genus Cenopis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cenopis Zeller, 1875
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet from Greek χενός ώψ meaning "strange-faced" or "face of a stranger." Zeller explains that it is hollow-faced (inanis facies), further stating it has a "face profoundly excavated (frons profunde excavata)."
Identification
Pohl, et al. (2016) list 16 species, all included here.(1) This guide should be used only as a first step in identification; some species can't be confidently separated from photos.

C. pettitana                                                                                                                        C. niveana                                                     C. reticulatana

                         

C. ferreana                   C. lamberti                  C. daphnana                C. diluticostana                                               C. unicolorana              C. directana

    [missing]                           

C. saracana                  C. mesospila                C. eulongicosta            C. cana                       C. vabroui                    C. karacana                  C. chambersana

              [missing]
Print References
Zeller, P.C., 1875. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 25: 239.
Works Cited
1.Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. 2016. ResearchGate.net.