Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epinotia septemberana Kearfott, 1907
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Phylogenetic sequence #621255
Explanation of Names
Kearfott collected specimens for several years before he described the species and all were collected in September.
(1)Numbers
There are more than 56 species of the genus
Epinotia in America north of Mexico.
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(3)Size
Kearfott (1907)
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(4) listed the wingspan as 16-19 mm.
Identification
Determined by Bob Patterson.
Range
There are records from many areas of eastern North America.
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Moth Photographers Group includes Montana.
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Types and other material: Essex County Park, NJ (Kearfott, 27-X-1903, in AMNH). Scranton, PA (A.E.
Lister).
Season
The adults appear to be most common from August to October.
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Kearfott (1907) reported most of his collection was in September.
(1)Food
Heinrich (1923) reported the host plant as unknown.
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Ferguson (1975) reported two larval host plants.
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Rhododendron canadense (L.) Torr. (rhodora).
Ledum groenlandicum Oeder (bog Labrador tea).
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of
Moth Photographers Group.
(3)Print References
Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008.
Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States. Ohio Biological Survey, 158.257.
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Heinrich, C., 1923. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae.
United States National Museum Bulletin 123:
230.
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Kearfott, D., 1907. New North American Tortricidae.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 33:
51.
(1)Contributed by
Maury J. Heiman on 25 August, 2013 - 7:38am
Additional contributions by
Randy HardyLast updated 16 December, 2017 - 5:01pm