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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Retinia » Minute Pitch-blister Moth  - Hodges#2902 (Retinia houseri)

Species Retinia houseri - Minute Pitch-blister Moth - Hodges#2902

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Retinia houseri - Retinia houseri Olethreutinae - Retinia houseri
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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 Retinia
Species houseri (Minute Pitch-blister Moth - Hodges#2902)
Hodges Number
2902
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Retinia houseri (Miller, 1959)
Petrova houseri Miller, 1959 (1)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet in honor of Professor John Samuel Houser (1881-1947), late chief of the Entomology Department at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. (1)
Numbers
There are 14 named species of Retinia in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
Wingspan 14.5 mm. (1)
Identification
The dark gray bar across the front of the head and the dark scales around the bases are absent in some specimens. The dark gray abdomen has dirty white scales along the sides. (1)
Range
The holotype was collected in Washington County, in southeastern Ohio. (1), (3)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults are most common from May to July. (MPG)
Food
shortleaf pine(4)
Life Cycle
The larvae feed in the inner bark of current shoots, usually girdling them. Pitch blisters form over the entrance holes and average about 1/2" in diameter. Usually only 1 pitch blisters per shoot and it is situated away from the branch node. Pupation occurs beneath the blister.(4)
Overwinters as larvae that has bored down to the pith.(4)
One generation per year.(4)
Remarks
The braconid, Agathis pini is an important parasite of this species.(4)
See Also
The closely related western species Retinia metallica.
Print References
Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 89.103. (5)
Miller, W.E., 1959. Petrova houseri, a new pitch-nodule moth from eastern north America. The Ohio Journal of Science 59(4): 230-232, figs. 1-5. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Tortricidae.com
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
William E. Miller (Lepidopterists' Society tribute)
Works Cited
1.Petrova houseri, a new pitch-nodule moth from eastern north America
William E. Miller. 1959. The Ohio Journal of Science 59 (4): 230-232.
2.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.
3.World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)
John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.
4.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
5.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.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 14 March, 2013 - 10:31am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Marci Hess, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 2:30pm

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