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Epiblema otiosana

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Bidens borer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epiblema
Species:
E. otiosana
Binomial name
Epiblema otiosana
(Clemens, 1860)
Epiblema otiosana, bidens borer, size: 8.3 mm
Epiblema otiosana, bidens borer

Epiblema otiosana, the bidens borer moth, gets its common name from the genus Bidens which includes the food plants for the larva. An adults wingspan ranges from 12 to 20 mm. They range in North America from Maine and Ontario in the north, south to Florida and west to Kansas and Texas.

References

  • "Species Epiblema otiosana - Bidens Borer - Hodges #3202". Retrieved 2008-09-15.