Epiblema otiosana

Taxobox
name = Bidens Borer

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
subordo = Glossata
infraordo = Heteroneura
zoodivision = Ditrysia
zoosectio = Cossina
zoosubsectio = Cossina
superfamilia = Tortricoidea
familia = Tortricidae
subfamilia = Olethreutinae
tribus = Eucosmini
genus = "Epiblema"
species = "E. otiosana"
binomial = "Epiblema otiosana"
binomial_authority = Hodges

Bidens Borer gets its name from the genus "Bidens" which includes the food plants for the larva. An adults wingspan ranges from 12mm and 20mm. They range from Maine/Ontario south to Florida and west to Kansas/Texas.

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