Epiblema otiosana
Appearance
Bidens borer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Epiblema |
Species: | E. otiosana
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Binomial name | |
Epiblema otiosana (Clemens, 1860)
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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.