Epiblema otiosana

Bidens borer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Section: Cossina
Family: Tortricidae
Tribe: Eucosmini
Genus: Epiblema
Species: E. otiosana
Binomial name
Epiblema otiosana
Hodges

Epiblema otiosana, the bidens borer, 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

    External identifiers for Epiblema otiosana
    Encyclopedia of Life 362177
    Also found in: Wikispecies
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