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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Eucopina » White Pine Cone Borer - Hodges#3074 (Eucopina tocullionana)

Species Eucopina tocullionana - White Pine Cone Borer - Hodges#3074

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth 09.07.13 (2) - Eucopina tocullionana Eucosma tocullionana – White Pinecone Borer Moth - Eucopina tocullionana White Pine Cone Borer - Eucopina tocullionana White Pine Cone Borer - Eucopina tocullionana 3074 White Pinecone Borer (Eucopina tocullionana) - Eucopina tocullionana White Pine Cone Borer - Eucopina tocullionana White Pine Cone Borer - Eucopina tocullionana Eucopina tocullionana
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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 Eucopina
Species tocullionana (White Pine Cone Borer - Hodges#3074)
Hodges Number
3074
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucopina tocullionana (Heinrich, 1920) (1)
Eucosma tocullionana Heinrich, 1920 (2)
Size
Heinrich (1920) listed the wingspan 13-15 mm. (2)
Moth Photographers Group displays one specimen with 18 mm wingspan.
Identification
Heinrich (1920) original description is in PDF. (2)
Adult: forewing dark reddish-brown with large distinct orangish-yellow patches that often merge to create an irregular light-and-dark banding effect; hindwing brownish-gray with pale fringe; top of head yellow
Larva: grub-like; thoracic segments light greenish-brown; abdominal segments yellowish with no distinct dark patch (anal shield) on top of last segment [present in larvae of Shortleaf Pine Cone Borer (Eucosma cocana)]; head dark brown
Range
Minnesota to Quebec, south in the Appalachians to northern Georgia.
Type locality: Lyme, CT (A.B. Champlain).
Habitat
Pine trees; adults are nocturnal and attracted to light.
Season
The main flight period is April to August.
Larvae in May and June; pupation occurs in July.
Food
larvae feed on second-year cones of Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus) and Virginia Pine (P. virginiana)
Remarks
Can be a pest in seed orchards.
See Also
Shortleaf Pine Cone Borer (Eucosma cocana) forewing patches are small and diffuse, not large and distinct
Eucosma bobana forewing is similar but that species has a western distribution
Print References
Gilligan, T.M., Wright, D.J., Munz, J., Yakobson, K. & M.P. Simmons, 2014. Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of Eucosma (Hübner) and related genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). Systematic Entomology 39(1): 61. (1)
Heinrich, C.,1920. On some forest Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species, larvae, and pupae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 57: 59. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
images of adult, larva, and cone damage plus common name reference, description, distribution map, biology, foodplants, damage (USDA Forest Service)
live adult images and date (Larry Line, Maryland)
pinned adult images and collection dates (Todd Gilligan, tortricidae.com)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Carl Heinrich
Works Cited
1.Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of Eucosma (Hübner) and related genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini)
Todd M. Gilligan, Donald J. Wright, Jacob Munz, Kendra Yakobson, Mark P. Simmons. 2014. Systematic Entomology, 39(1): 49–67.
2.On some forest Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species, larvae, and pupae
Carl Heinrich. 1920. Proceedings of The United States National Museum 57: 53-96.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 4 May, 2006 - 12:12pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Tony-2, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 29 June, 2020 - 7:20pm

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