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Epiblema otiosana, the bidens borer moth, gets its common name from the genus Bidens which includes the food plants for the larva. An adults wingspan ranges from 12 to 20 millimetres (0.47 to 0.79 in). They range in North America from Maine and Ontario in the north, south to Florida and west to Kansas and Texas.
| Bidens borer | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Epiblema |
| Species: | E. otiosana
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| Binomial name | |
| Epiblema otiosana (Clemens, 1860)
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The caterpillars feed on the Common Beggar-Ticks Bidens frondosa, a plant of the Aster family (Asteraceae).
References
edit- "Species Epiblema otiosana - Bidens Borer - Hodges #3202". Retrieved 2008-09-15.
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