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

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)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

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

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 4 December, 2019 - 11:48am
Additional contributions by Marci Hess
Last updated 30 August, 2023 - 2:14pm

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