Epiblema minutana (Kearfott, 1905)
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Larval host plants possibly include Annual Ragweed and other ragweeds (Gilligan et al., 2020).

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Epiblema strenuana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epiblema
Species:
E. strenuana
Binomial name
Epiblema strenuana
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Steganoptycha flavocellana Clemens, 1865
  • Epiblema exvagana (Walker, 1863)
  • Epiblema flavocellana (Clemens, 1865)
  • Epiblema subversana (Zeller, 1875)
  • Epiblema minutana (Kearfott, 1905)
  • Epiblema antaxia (Meyrick, 1920)

Epiblema strenuana, the stem-galling moth or ragweed borer, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to North America, but was introduced to Australia from Mexico to control the weeds of the family Asteraceae (Xanthium occidentale, Ambrosia artemisiifolia and Parthenium hysterophorus) in 1982. It is occasionally misspelled as Epiblema strenuanum.

The wingspan is about 15 mm.

The larvae mainly feed on Asteraceae species, including Ambrosia and Xanthium. It has also been recorded on Chenopodium species.

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