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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Olethreutini » Episimus » Episimus nesiotes - Hodges#2702.3 (Episimus nesiotes)

Species Episimus nesiotes - Hodges#2702.3

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

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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 Olethreutini

Genus Episimus

Species nesiotes (Episimus nesiotes - Hodges#2702.3)

Hodges Number

2702.3

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Episimus nesiotes Walsingham, 1897 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #620487

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet is Latin meaning "islander" for this moth discovered in St. Croix. (1)

Size

Wingspan 14-17 mm. (1)

Forewing length 5.2-7.1 mm. (2)

Identification

Adult - see original description in Print References and Heppner (1994) re-description. (1), (2)

Range

Southern Florida, south into Cuba and the Caribbean Basin. One record in Alpine, Texas. (2)

Food

Known larval hosts include manchineel (Hippomane mancinella), island marlberry (Ardisia escallonioides) and graceful handmat (Chamaesyce hypericifolia). (2)

See Also

Episimus nesiotes can be distinguished from E. kimballi, E. vixenus, and E. chica by the poorly demarcated lighter area along the dorsum, which in the latter three species is well defined. (3)

Print References

Walsingham, Lord. 1897. Revision of the West-Indian Micro-Lepidoptera, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1897: 123. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD Systems

Lord Walsingham (1843-1919)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the West-Indian micro-lepidoptera, with descriptions of new species. Lord Walsingham. 1897. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1897: 54-183.

2.	Episimus moths of North America (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). J.B. Heppner. 1994. Holarctic Lepidoptera, 1: 83-87.

3.	New species, new combinations, and new synonymies in neotropical Episimus Walsingham, 1892. Józef Razowski & John W. Brown. 2008. Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 51B(1-2): 83-144.

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 8 April, 2012 - 7:34am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 31 December, 2017 - 9:01pm

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