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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 » Fir Cone Borer - Hodges#3075 (Eucopina siskiyouana)

Species Eucopina siskiyouana - Fir Cone Borer - Hodges#3075

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Fir Cone Borer - Eucopina siskiyouana Eucosma siskiyouana - Eucopina siskiyouana Eucopina siskiyouana Tortricidae: Eucopina siskiyouana - Eucopina siskiyouana possible - Eucopina siskiyouana Tortricidae: Eucopina siskiyouana - Eucopina siskiyouana 621062 Eucopina siskiyouana - Eucopina siskiyouana 621062 Eucopina siskiyouana - Eucopina siskiyouana
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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 siskiyouana (Fir Cone Borer - Hodges#3075)
Hodges Number
3075
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucopina siskiyouana (Kearfott, 1907) (1)
Evetria siskiyouana Kearfott, 1907 (2)
Eucosma siskiyouana
Barbara colfaxiana siskiyouana
Phylogenetic sequence #621062
Explanation of Names
The specific name refers to the holotypes collection location in Siskiyou County, California.
Size
Wingspan 21-22 mm. (2)
Forewing length 9-11.5 mm. (3)
Identification
Adult - forewing filled with mosaic pattern of irregular whitish patches against a dark background, giving a unique flagstone patio effect (the patches are edged in black, and the small intervening spaces are reddish-brown); hindwing dark brownish-gray.
Range
British Columbia to California(4), Utah(5), and Arizona. (6)
Type locality: Siskiyou County, California.
Habitat
Mid-elevations of western mountains. (3)
Food
The larvae feed in cones of Abies concolor (Gord. & Glend.) Lindl. ex Hildebr. (white fir) and likely others. (3)
See Also
Barbara colfaxiana
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)
Kearfott, W.D., 1907. New Micro-Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 39(3): 77 (2)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.15.11m, p.134 (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (6)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
common name reference (USDA Forest Service)
Noble Fir as foodplant (USDA Forest Service)
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.New micro-leidoptera
W.D. Kearfott. 1907. The Canadian Entomologist 39(1-6): 1-9, 53-60, 77-84, 121-128, 153-160, 211-212.
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
5.Survey of Utah Moth Species
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 5 May, 2006 - 5:45pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 4 November, 2017 - 3:44pm

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