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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) » Pitch Pine Tip Moth - Hodges#2868 (Rhyacionia rigidana)

Species Rhyacionia rigidana - Pitch Pine Tip Moth - Hodges#2868

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · 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 Rhyacionia (Pine Tip Moths)
Species rigidana (Pitch Pine Tip Moth - Hodges#2868)
Hodges Number
2868
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Rhyacionia rigidana (Fernald, 1880)
Retinia rigidana Fernald, 1880
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet for the host plant Pinus rigida.
Size
Wingspan ♀ 18 mm.
Range
Records from Maine to Florida, west to Indiana and Mississippi. (1)
Food
Larvae mine the terminal shoots of at least 10 species of pine. (2)
Life Cycle
3 generations per year in the south; probably only one in the north.(3)
Print References
Fernald, C.H., 1880. The pitch pine Retinia. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, 1879: 237.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Charles H. Fernald (Wikipedia)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
3.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 22 July, 2009 - 4:13pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Randy Hardy, Marci Hess
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 12:53pm

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