Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Section Cossina Scientific name Epiblema otiosana | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Tortricidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Eucosma similiana, Epiblema strenuana, Ecdytolopha insiticiana, Endothenia hebesana, Clepsis peritana | ||
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.
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