WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Tortricidae 51a1196 – 3283.1   Epinotia abbreviana (Fabricius, 1794)

Photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed. Contact individual photographers for permission to use for any purpose.

Large Map & Chart Report Errors About Maps

Distribution: Introduced from Europe. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Pyralis abbreviana Fabricius, 1794 • Poecilochroma excruciana Stephens, 1852 • Tortrix lithoxylana Frölich, 1828 • Grapholitha stannana Guenée, 1845 • Phalaena trimaculana Donovan, [1806] • Grapholitha ulmariana Duponchel, in: Godart, 1842 • Grapholitha ulmetana Lienig & Zeller, 1846 Taxonomic Notes: Epinotia abbreviana (Fabricius, 1794) is now recognized among the North American fauna north of Mexico in Dang, P.T. (1993), J. Lepid. Soc., 4:, 55-59.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification. Dang, P.T., 1993. First NorthAmerican records of Epinotia abbreviana (Tortricidae), a European pest of Ulmus species. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 47: 55-59.

14mm – © U. S. National Museum 14mm – © U. S. National Museum

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone