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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Retinia » Retinia sabiniana - Hodges#2896 (Retinia sabiniana)

Species Retinia sabiniana - Hodges#2896

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)

Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)

Subfamily Olethreutinae

Tribe Eucosmini

Genus Retinia

Species sabiniana (Retinia sabiniana - Hodges#2896)

Hodges Number

2896

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Retinia sabiniana (Kearfott, 1907)

Evetria sabiniana Kearfott, 1907 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #620725

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet for the larval host plant (Pinus sabiniana). (1)

Numbers

Retinia includes 14 species in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Forewing length 9-13.5 mm. (3)

Wingspan 17-23 mm. (4), (1)

Range

Southern Oregon to California. (5), (3)

Season

Adults are most common from April to October. (6)

Food

Larval host is Pinus sabiniana Dougl. ex Dougl. [P. sabineana] (gray pine). (1), (4)

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Heinrich, C. 1923. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 25. (4)

Kearfott, W.D. 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 2. (1)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, p. 132, pl. 14.51. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (6)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

William D. Kearfott (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	New North American Tortricidae. William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.

2.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

3.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae Carl Heinrich. 1923. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 1-298.

5.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

6.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 September, 2011 - 12:50am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 5 December, 2017 - 12:02pm

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