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Species Epinotia subplicana - Hodges#3300

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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 subplicana (Epinotia subplicana - Hodges#3300)
Hodges Number
3300
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epinotia subplicana (Walsingham, 1879)
Paedisca ? subplicana Walsingham, 1879 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #621212
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin sub- + plico meaning "slightly folded" for the "costal fold in the male not closely appressed." (1)
Size
Wingspan 21 mm. (1)
Range
Washington to Nevada and California. (2)
Food
Larval host is manzanita. (2)
Print References
Walsingham, Lord. 1879. North-American Torticidae. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum, 4: 41; Pl.69, f.6. (1)
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.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.