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Species Epiblema periculosana - Hodges#3197

Epiblema periculosana Moth - Dorsal view - Epiblema periculosana Tortricidae: Epiblema periculosana? - Epiblema periculosana Torticidae: Olethreuthes? - Epiblema periculosana Torticidae: Olethreuthes? - Epiblema periculosana Celypha cespitana - Epiblema periculosana Celypha cespitana - Epiblema periculosana Epiblema periculosana
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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 Epiblema
Species periculosana (Epiblema periculosana - Hodges#3197)
Hodges Number
3197
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epiblema periculosana Heinrich, 1923 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #621093
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin periculosus meaning "dangerous, perilous."
Size
Wingspan 15-16 mm. (1)
Identification
Range
California to British Columbia and Alberta. (2), (3)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Type locality: Mount McLean 5,550', British Columbia (A.W. Hanham(4), Aug.).
Season
Adults are most often reported from June to July. (3)
Print References
Heinrich, C. 1922. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. United States National Museum Bulletin No. 123: 268. (1)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of British Columbia, Canada.
Pohl, G.R., Cannings, R.A., Landry, J.-F., Holden, D.G., Scudder, G.G.E., . 2015. Entomological Society of British Columbia. 308 p.