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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 » Red Pinecone Borer Moth - Hodges#3073 (Eucopina monitorana)

Species Eucopina monitorana - Red Pinecone Borer Moth - Hodges#3073

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Eucosma monitorana - Eucopina monitorana Eucosma monitorana - Eucopina monitorana Red Pinecone Borer Moth - Hodges#3073 - Eucopina monitorana Red Pinecone Borer Moth - Hodges#3073 - Eucopina monitorana Eucopina - Eucopina monitorana Tortricid Moth - Eucopina monitorana Red Pine Coneborer Moth (Eucopina monitorana) - Eucopina monitorana
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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 monitorana (Red Pinecone Borer Moth - Hodges#3073)
Hodges Number
3073
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucopina monitorana (Heinrich, 1920) (1)
Eucosma monitorana Heinrich, 1920 (2)
Phylogenetic sequence #621060
Size
Wingspan 13-16 mm. (2)
Identification
Broad white median band distinguishes this species from the similar E. tocullionana
Range
Pennsylvania to Minnesota, south to Virginia and Kentucky. (3), (2)
Type locality: Danville, PA (A.B. Champlain).
Food
Cones of Red Pine and Virginia Pine (3), (2)
Life Cycle
The larvae prefer 2nd-year cones, boring down the cone axis in June. The feed on immature seeds and sometimes sever the cone at the base. A single cone can contain up to 25 larvae. The last instar larvae sometimes migrates to fresh cones. Mature larvae leave the cones in July, dropping to the ground to pupate.(4)
Overwinter as pupa.(4)
One generation per year.(4)
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)
Heinrich, C. 1920. On some forest Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species, larvae, and pupae. Proceedings of The United States National Museum 57: 58. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Carl Heinrich (Wikipedia)
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.On some forest Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species, larvae, and pupae
Carl Heinrich. 1920. Proceedings of The United States National Museum 57: 53-96.
3.Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, An Identification Guide
Gilligan, Todd M., Donald J. Wright, and Loran D. Gibson. 2008. Ohio Biological Survey, P.O. Box 21370, Columbus, Ohio 43221-0370.
4.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Paul Dennehy on 31 January, 2012 - 9:17pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Marci Hess
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 2:39pm

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