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Species Epiblema macneilli - Hodges#3207

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 macneilli (Epiblema macneilli - Hodges#3207)
Hodges Number
3207
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epiblema macneilli Powell, 1975
Phylogenetic sequence #621103
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet in honor of Don MacNeill (1925-2006) who collected some of the first specimens.
Size
Forewing length: (1)
♂ 11.3-14.0 mm
♀ 10.6-11.7 mm
Range
Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains above 12,000'. (2)
Holotype male: near Mono Pass 12,000', Inyo County, California (C.D. MacNeill, August 11, 1958).
Habitat
Confined to the arctic-alpine zone above the tree line. (2)
Food
Adults observed in association with Pacific hulsea (Hulsea algida). (2)
Remarks
Has only been collected in odd-numbered years. (2)
Print References
Powell, J.A. 1975. Biological records and descriptions of some little known Epiblema in the southwestern United States. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 51(2): 102
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, plate 15, fig. 48; p. 136. (2)
Internet References
University of California, Berkeley
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Jerry A. Powell
Works Cited
1.Biological records and descriptions of some little known Epiblema in the southwestern United States.
Jerry A. Powell. 1975. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 51(2): 99-112.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 18 October, 2013 - 1:40pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 14 December, 2017 - 4:37pm

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