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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 » Eucopina ponderosa - Hodges#3068 (Eucopina ponderosa)

Species Eucopina ponderosa - Hodges#3068

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 ponderosa (Eucopina ponderosa - Hodges#3068)
Hodges Number
3068
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucopina ponderosa (Powell, 1968) (1)
Eucosma ponderosa Powell, 1968
Explanation of Names
Specific name refers to the host plant Pinus ponderosa.
Size
Forewing length 8.5-13.5 mm.(2)
Identification
Forewing is rust and tan checkered. (2)
Range
Eastern Oregon to California(3), and Nevada. (4), (2), (5)
Holotype from Lake County, Oregon.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
The main flight period is May to August. (4)
Food
Larval hosts include:
Pinus ponderosa Lawson & C. Lawson (ponderosa pine)
Pinus jeffreyi Balf. (Jeffrey pine)
Remarks
There are many online resources concerning the pest status and control of the species.
See Also
Several Eucosma species are similar.
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
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)
Powell, J.A. 1968. Hilgardia. California Agricultural Experiment Station, 39: 13.
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, p. 134, pl. 15.10. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Tortricidae.com
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
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.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Western Forest Insects
Furniss, R.L. and Carolin, V.M. 1977. 1977. U.S.D.A. Forest Service Misc. Publ. 1339.
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 November, 2011 - 4:57pm
Last updated 6 April, 2014 - 7:45pm

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