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Genus Rhyacionia - Pine Tip Moths


Nearctic Rhyacionia Pine Tip Moths: a Revised Identity and a New Species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
By William E. Miller, University of Minnesota
The Great Lakes Entomologist; Vol 18 No.3, article 3

A new pine tip moth (Olethreutidae) from the Gulf of Mexico region
By W. E. Miller
Journal of The Lepidopterist's Society 14: 231-236 , 1961

Nearctic pine tip moths of the genus Rhyacionia: Biosystematic review (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Olethreutinae)
By Powell, Jerry A.
United States Department of Agriculture, 1978
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Biology of Rhyacionia subtropica (Miller) (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae)
By McGraw, James Robert
Thesis (Ph.D.) University of Florida, 1975

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Life history and habits of the southwestern pine tip moth, Rhyacionia neomexicana (Dyar) (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae)
By D. T. Jennings
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 83(3): 597-606, 1975

Occurrence In Florida of Rhyacionia busckana new record Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Olethreutinae
By J. B. Heppner
Entomological News, 86: 121-122, 1975

Taxonomic issues related to biological control prospects for the ragweed borer, Epiblema strenuana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
By Gilligan, T.M., D.J. Wright, R.L. Brown, B.A. Augustinus, U. Schaffner
Zootaxa, 4729(3): 347-358, 2020
Gilligan, T.M., D.J. Wright, R.L. Brown, B.A. Augustinus, U. Schaffner, 2020. Taxonomic issues related to biological control prospects for the ragweed borer, Epiblema strenuana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Zootaxa, 4729(3): 347-358. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4729.3.3 (download also available at Researchgate)

Review of Eight unplaced Nearctic Eucosmini (Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) and descriptions of a new species
By Wright D.J. & T.M. Gilligan
Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society, 73(2): 109-121, 2019
Wright D.J. & T.M. Gilligan, 2019. Review of Eight unplaced Nearctic Eucosmini (Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) and descriptions of a new species. Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society, 73(2): 109-121. (requires account login and may not yet be active)

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