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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 » Walker's Epinotia Moth - Hodges#3310 (Epinotia transmissana)

Species Epinotia transmissana - Walker's Epinotia Moth - Hodges#3310

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

Epinotia transmissana? - Epinotia transmissana

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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 transmissana (Walker's Epinotia Moth - Hodges#3310)

Hodges Number

3310

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Epinotia transmissana (Walker, 1863)

Penthina transmissana Walker, 1863 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #621222

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin transmissus meaning "transmitted, crossing."

Size

Wingspan 14-17 mm. (2)

Identification

Range

Type locality: Nova Scotia. (1)

Food

Heinrich tentatively listed the host as birch (Betula). (2)

Print References

Walker, F. 1863. Crambites & Tortricites. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 27: 375. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Francis Walker (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXVII - Crambites & Tortricites. Francis Walker. 1863. British Museum (Natural History), p.1-286.

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.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 13 February, 2010 - 9:53am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 3 September, 2023 - 9:03pm

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