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Species Rhyacionia neomexicana - Southwestern Pine Tip Moth - Hodges#2873


Life history and habits of the southwestern pine tip moth, Rhyacionia neomexicana (Dyar) (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae)
By D. T. Jennings
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 83(3): 597-606, 1975

Nearctic Rhyacionia Pine Tip Moths: a Revised Identity and a New Species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
By William E. Miller, University of Minnesota
The Great Lakes Entomologist; Vol 18 No.3, article 3

A new pine tip moth (Olethreutidae) from the Gulf of Mexico region
By W. E. Miller
Journal of The Lepidopterist's Society 14: 231-236 , 1961

Nearctic pine tip moths of the genus Rhyacionia: Biosystematic review (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Olethreutinae)
By Powell, Jerry A.
United States Department of Agriculture, 1978
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Taxonomic issues related to biological control prospects for the ragweed borer, Epiblema strenuana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
By Gilligan, T.M., D.J. Wright, R.L. Brown, B.A. Augustinus, U. Schaffner
Zootaxa, 4729(3): 347-358, 2020
Gilligan, T.M., D.J. Wright, R.L. Brown, B.A. Augustinus, U. Schaffner, 2020. Taxonomic issues related to biological control prospects for the ragweed borer, Epiblema strenuana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Zootaxa, 4729(3): 347-358. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4729.3.3 (download also available at Researchgate)

Review of Eight unplaced Nearctic Eucosmini (Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) and descriptions of a new species
By Wright D.J. & T.M. Gilligan
Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society, 73(2): 109-121, 2019
Wright D.J. & T.M. Gilligan, 2019. Review of Eight unplaced Nearctic Eucosmini (Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) and descriptions of a new species. Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society, 73(2): 109-121. (requires account login and may not yet be active)

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A new species of Zeiraphera Treitschke (Tortricidae).
By Clifford D. Ferris & James J. Kruse
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 62(1): 31-35, 2008
Ferris, C.D. & J.J. Kruse, 2008. A new species of Zeiraphera Treitschke (Tortricidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 62(1): 31-35.

Notes on Gretchena: a new species and the synonymy of Gwendolina (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).
By Richard L. Brown
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 84(3): 594-602, 1982
Brown, R.L., 1982. Notes on Gretchena: a new species and the synonymy of Gwendolina (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 84(3): 594-602.