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Species Rhyacionia bushnelli - Hodges#2883

Rhyacionia fumosana? - Rhyacionia bushnelli

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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 bushnelli (Rhyacionia bushnelli - Hodges#2883)

Hodges Number

2883

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rhyacionia bushnelli (Busck, 1914)

Evitria bushnelli Busck, 1914 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #620711

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet in honor of Colonel George Ensign Bushnell (1853-1924) "to whom is due credit to all the information we have on its biology." (1)

Size

Wingspan 12-19 mm. (1)

Forewing length 5-8 mm. (2)

Range

Records from Montana, North Dakota, Kansas, Missouri, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Alabama and Maryland. (3), (2)

Type locality: Fort Bayard, New Mexico (G.E. Bushnell).

Food

Larvae feed gregariously on the terminal twigs of pine, including ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and jack pine (Pinus banksiana). (4), (1)

Life Cycle

One generation per year in the Dakotas, 2 per year in Nebr.(5)

Remarks

The adults is indistinguishable from the Nantucket pine tip moth (R. frustrana), altho it tends to be larger. It is believed this species is separate because of its overwintering habit and size.(5) - See also Miller's taxonomic review.

Print References

Busck, A. 1914. Descriptions of new microlepidoptera of forest trees. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 16: 144. (1)

Miller, W.E. 1967. Taxonomic review of the Rhyacionia frustrana group of pine-tip moths, with description of a new species. Can. Ento.99(6): https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-entomologist/article/abs/taxonomic-review-of-the-rhyacionia-frustrana-group-of-pinetip-moths-with-description-of-a-new-species-olethreutidae/6AC68A4B127D221F0569538C41278CCA.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

August Busck (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of new Microlepidoptera of forest trees August Busck. 1914. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 16: 143-150.

2.	Nearctic pine tip moths of the genus Rhyacionia: Biosystematic review (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Olethreutinae) Powell, Jerry A. 1978. United States Department of Agriculture.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

5.	Eastern Forest Insects Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.

Contributed by tom murray on 26 September, 2009 - 8:05pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Marci Hess, Steve Morris
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 1:11pm

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