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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Epipaschiinae » Pococera
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Larva from pinyon tree, lateral - Pococera
Copyright © 2016 Edward L. Ruden

Larva from pinyon tree, lateral - Pococera
Sandia Mountains, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
May 9, 2016
Size: 22 mm
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I collected this larva on Apr 24, 2016 from a pinyon (Pinus edulis) on Embudito Trl. (No. 192) at 6983 ft elevation in the Sandia Mountains, Bernalillo Co. It created a dense web of silk fibers in the terminal branches to reside in. I removed it from the web for this image, taken on May 9, 2016. It produced a copious quantity of fecal pellets while in captivity, with inclusions that indicate it fed on needles.

I was unable to keep it alive long enough to pupate. I am keeping the desiccated larva for possible identification. Pityococcus rugulosus (Pityococcidae) gravid females apparently use the web for shelter to oviposit their egg masses therein. I would like to know what the host larva is for my study of the scale insect's lifecycle.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 9 May, 2016 - 6:40pm
Last updated 31 July, 2016 - 1:22pm

Moved
Moved from Pine Webworm.

According to University of Florida Featured Creatures, it appears to be too far west, too long, and not on a list of known pine species for P. rubustella. Solis 1993(1) (Table 2) states that there are 3 species of Pococera known to feed on Pinaceae (pine).
… Edward L. Ruden, 11 May, 2016 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

It's a bit west of the range cited in Info, but the markings are a very good match to the posted Pococera robustella (Pine Webworm) from TX (NM's neighbor).
… Edward L. Ruden, 10 May, 2016 - 10:37pm login or register to post comments

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