Moth Photographers Group – Epinotia zandana

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Tortricidae

51a1206 – 3294 Epinotia zandana (Kearfott, 1907)

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Larva and Host Plants:	Host familiy: Rosaceae. Host genera: Crataegus. (Shropshire & Douglas 2025)
Description/ Field Marks:	See Jour. Lepid. Soc. 40(4): 334.
Genitalia:	See Jour. Lepid. Soc. 40(4): figs. 19, 26.
Similar Species:	Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	zandana (Kearfott, 1907) (Eucosma) - MONA 1983: 3294 atristriga Clarke, 1953 (Epinotia) - MONA 1983: [3293] peristicta (Meyrick, 1912) (Eucosma); TL: (no type). Note: Unjustified replacement name.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced.
Brown, R.L., 1986. Resurrection of Catastega (Clemens) and revision of the Epinotia vertumnana (Zeller) species-group (Tortricidae: Olethreutinae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 40(4): 327-346.
Clarke, J.F.G., 1953. New species of Olethreutidae from Illinois. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 43: 228. (E. atristriga)
Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 154.249. (PDF)
Meyrick, E., 1912. On some impossible specific names in Micro-Lepidoptera. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 48: 32-36.
Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online)
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