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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Epiblema » Epiblema tandana - Hodges#3204 (Epiblema tandana)

Species Epiblema tandana - Hodges#3204

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Epiblema tandana Epiblema tandana Olethreutinae, dorsal - Epiblema tandana Olethreutinae, lateral - Epiblema tandana Epiblema tandana Eucosmini - Epiblema tandana Epiblema tandana Epiblema tandana
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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 tandana (Epiblema tandana - Hodges#3204)
Hodges Number
3204
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epiblema tandana (Kearfott, 1907)
Eucosma tandana Kearfott, 1907 (1)
Eucosma trapezitis Meyrick, 1912 (2)
Phylogenetic sequence #621100
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet is part of a series of Kearfott names originating from various alphabetical rhyming schemes with no meaning, often derided by subsequent authors as "nonsense names." See Brown (2001) for a humorous take on this "barbarous" practice. (3), (2)
Size
Kearfott (1907) reported the wingspan 20-22 mm. (1), (4)
Range
Northeastern North America.
Lectotype ♂ from New Brighton, Pennsylvania (Merrick, July 18th) in AMNH (American Museum of Natural History, New York).
Season
The main flight period appears to be June to August. (5)
Print References
Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States. Ohio Biological Survey. p. 127.195. (6)
Heinrich, C. 1923. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 123. 154. (7)
Kearfott, W.D. 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 33. p. 23. (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (8)
William D. Kearfott
Works Cited
1.World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)
John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.
2.On some impossible specific names in micro-lepidoptera.
Edward Meyrick. 1912. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 48: 32-36.
3.Presidential address, 2000: Nomenclatural nonsense - flying in the face of a farcical code.
John W. Brown. 2001. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 55(1): 1-7.
4.New North American Tortricidae.
William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, An Identification Guide
Gilligan, Todd M., Donald J. Wright, and Loran D. Gibson. 2008. Ohio Biological Survey, P.O. Box 21370, Columbus, Ohio 43221-0370.
7.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.
8.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 January, 2014 - 12:24pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 15 December, 2017 - 4:34pm

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