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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Pine Tip Moths (Rhyacionia) » Rhyacionia pasadenana - Hodges#2871 (Rhyacionia pasadenana)

Species Rhyacionia pasadenana - Hodges#2871

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

Unknown Tortricid - Rhyacionia pasadenana

Olethreutinae? Rhyacionia? - Rhyacionia pasadenana

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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 Rhyacionia (Pine Tip Moths)

Species pasadenana (Rhyacionia pasadenana - Hodges#2871)

Hodges Number

2871

Other Common Names

Monterey pine tip moth (1)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rhyacionia pasadenana (Kearfott, 1907)

Evetria pasadenana Kearfott, 1907 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence #620698

Explanation of Names

Specif epithet for the collection location of one of the specimens (Pasadena, Cal., April 14, W.G. Dietz). (2)

Size

Wingspan 15-19 mm. (2)

Range

California. (3)

Type locality: Alameda County, California (A.H. Vachell). (2)

Food

Larval host in pine, including: (4), (1)

Monterey pine (Pinus radiata)

Bishop pine (Pinus muricata)

lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta)

Print References

Kearfott, W.D. 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 3. (2)

Powell & Miller, 1978:13 (5).

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

William D. Kearfott (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	Western Forest Insects Furniss, R.L. and Carolin, V.M. 1977. 1977. U.S.D.A. Forest Service Misc. Publ. 1339.

2.	New North American Tortricidae. William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	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.

5.	Nearctic pine tip moths of the genus Rhyacionia: Biosystematic review (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Olethreutinae) Powell, Jerry A. 1978. United States Department of Agriculture.

Contributed by v belov on 30 January, 2012 - 5:30pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 4 June, 2019 - 1:38pm

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