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Species Taniva albolineana - Spruce Needleminer Moth - Hodges#2745

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Taniva albolineana Spruce Needleminer Moth - Hodges#2745 - Taniva albolineana Taniva albolineana Spruce Needleminer Moth - Hodges#2745 - Taniva albolineana Spruce Needleminer Moth - Taniva albolineana Spruce Needleminer Moth - Hodges#2745 - Taniva albolineana Olethreutinae, dorsal - Taniva albolineana Olethreutinae, lateral - Taniva albolineana
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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 Olethreutini
Genus Taniva
Species albolineana (Spruce Needleminer Moth - Hodges#2745)

Hodges Number

2745

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Taniva albolineana (Kearfott, 1907)
Lipoptycha albolineana Kearfott, 1907 (1)
Endothenia albolineana
Argyroploce abietana Fernald, 1908
Olethreutes piceae Busck, 1916
Phylogenetic sequence #620473

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet is Latin meaning "white-lined," for the "several sordid white transverse lines" on the forewings. (1)

Size

Wingspan 11-15 mm. (1), (2)

Identification

See Kearfott, 1907, in "Works Cited" below for original description (1)
Genitalia:

Range

Absent from the southwestern states but otherwise widespread throughout the United States and Canada. (3)

Food

Larval hosts are spruce (Picea) and fir (Abies). (2)

Life Cycle

Eggs are deposited so they overlap in a single row on the underside of needles in groups of 2-12 eggs. Young larvae are gregarious, boring into the base of needles and hollowing them out. Shortly after beginning to feed, the larvae construct nests of dead needles and frass held together by silk strands. As they develop, they enlarge this nest. Pupation takes place in silken cocoons within the nests.(4)

Print References

Busck, 1916. Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 18: 151. (5)
Kearfott, W.D. 1907. Microlepidoptera from the Black Mountain region of North Carolina, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 23: 160 (PDF)
Fernald, 1908. Can. Ent. 40: 349.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (7)
William D. Kearfott

Works Cited

1.Microlepidoptera from the Black Mountain region of North Carolina, with descriptions of new species.
Kearfott, W.D. 1907. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 23(80): 153-168.
2.Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae
Carl Heinrich. 1923. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 1-298.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
5.Descriptions of new North American Microlepidoptera
August Busck. 1916. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 18: 147-154.
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
7.University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 16 November, 2010 - 4:06am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Randy Hardy, Marci Hess, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 18 October, 2023 - 5:13pm

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