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Species Cydia ingens - Longleaf Pine Seedworm Moth - Hodges#3487

3486 -  - Cydia ingens Cydia ingens Cydia toreuta - Cydia ingens Silver banded moth - Cydia ingens Cydia ingens - male Florida Moth - Cydia ingens Florida Moth - Cydia ingens Longleaf Pine Seedworm Moth - Cydia ingens
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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 Grapholitini
Genus Cydia
Species ingens (Longleaf Pine Seedworm Moth - Hodges#3487)
Hodges Number
3487
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cydia ingens (Heinrich, 1926)
Laspeyresia ingens Heinrich, 1926
Size
Adult 17-20mm(1)
Range
SC, GA, FLA, ALA, MISS and probably throughout the range of its favored host(1)
Habitat
Type locality: St. Petersburg, FL.
Season
mid-March to mid-May(1)
Food
Longleaf pine(1)
Life Cycle
Eggs are laid in rows of 2-9 on scale apophyses of 1-year-old cones. Young larvae bore downward and enter the seeds through the micropyle. Larvae feed during the first 2 instars, each in a seed, vacating it and tunneling through the cone in search of another seed. Before reaching maturity each larva may consume 2-5 seeds. At maturity, the larva bores into the rachis and tunnels toward the base for 1-2 inches.(1)
Overwinter in the larval stage in the tunnel.(1)
One generation per year except for occasional individuals that enter diapause.(1)
See Also
Cydia toreuta has an unbroken pm. fascia.
Print References
Heinrich, 1926:63; pl. 26, fig. 161 (female genitalia). (2)
Works Cited
1.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
2.Revision of the North American moths of the subfamilies Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae
Carl Heinrich. 1926. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 132: 1-216.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems