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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Retinia » Retinia picicolana - Hodges#2901 (Retinia picicolana)

Species Retinia picicolana - Hodges#2901

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Retinia (Petrova) picicolana (tentative) - Retinia picicolana

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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 Retinia

Species picicolana (Retinia picicolana - Hodges#2901)

Hodges Number

2901

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Retinia picicolana (Dyar, 1906)

Eucosma picicolana Dyar, 1906 (1)

Petrova picicolana (2)

Phylogenetic sequence #620731

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from genus Picae and Latin cola meaning "dwells in spruce." (1)

Size

Wingspan 27-32 mm. (2)

Range

BugGuide and MPG records from Alaska and British Columbia south into California. (3) Also, Idaho. (2)

Type locality: Paradise Valley, Mount Rainier, Washington (Mr. H.E. Burke).

Food

Known hosts include:

spruce (Picea). (4)

subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa). (2)

grand fir (Abies grandis). (2)

Print References

Dyar, H.G. 1906. Descriptions of four new species of North American moths. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 14(2): 108. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Harrison G. Dyer (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of four new species of North American moths. Harrison. G. Dyar. 1906. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 14(2): 107-108.

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.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 7 April, 2011 - 2:44pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 21 December, 2017 - 2:57pm

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