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Species Epinotia albicapitana - Hodges#3296

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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 albicapitana (Epinotia albicapitana - Hodges#3296)
Hodges Number
3296
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epinotia albicapitana (Kearfott, 1907)
Proteopteryx albicapitana Kearfott, 1907 (1)
Enarmonia albicapitana
Phylogenetic sequence #621208
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "white-headed."
Size
Wingspan 17-21 mm. (2)
Identification
Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)
Range
California to Colorado, south to southern Arizona, with scattered records from Michigan, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. (3), (1), (2)
Print References
Kearfott, W.D. 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 47-48 (1)
Works Cited
1.New North American Tortricidae.
William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.
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.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group