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 . They range in North America from Maine and Ontario in the north, south to Florida and west to Kansas and Texas.
The caterpillars feed on the Common Beggar-Ticks Bidens frondosa, a plant of the Aster family (Asteraceae).