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Species Rhyacionia pasadenana - Hodges#2871

Unknown moth - Rhyacionia pasadenana Unknown Tortricid - Rhyacionia pasadenana Unknown Tortricid - Rhyacionia pasadenana Rhyacionia pasadenana Rhyacionia pasadenana Olethreutinae? Rhyacionia? - 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).
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.