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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Pine Tip Moths (Rhyacionia) » Rhyacionia salmonicolor - Hodges#2874 (Rhyacionia salmonicolor)

Species Rhyacionia salmonicolor - Hodges#2874

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · 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 Rhyacionia (Pine Tip Moths)
Species salmonicolor (Rhyacionia salmonicolor - Hodges#2874)
Hodges Number
2874
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Rhyacionia salmonicolor Powell, 1978 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #620701
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet for its "salmon-colored forewings." (1)
Size
Forewing length 7.2-7.7 mm (1).
Identification
Forewings salmon-colored with a thin dark longitudinal streak through the cell (1).
Range
Known from the Davis Mountains of west Texas (1).
Food
Suspected to be ponderosa pine (1).
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Nearctic pine tip moths of the genus Rhyacionia: Biosystematic review (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Olethreutinae)
Powell, Jerry A. 1978. United States Department of Agriculture.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 10 July, 2017 - 7:22pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 5 December, 2017 - 8:35pm

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