Eupinivora albolineana

Eupinivora albolineana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in mountains of Durango in Mexico.

Eupinivora albolineana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Eupinivora
Species:
E. albolineana
Binomial name
Eupinivora albolineana
J.W. Brown, 2013

The length of the forewings is 10–10.5 mm. The basal part of the forewings is pale rust orange, but slightly paler orange along the dorsum. The lower portion of the discal cell has a white longitudinal blotch. The hindwings are pale grey.

Larvae have been reared on Pinus arizonica var. cooperi.

Etymology

The species name refers to the white linear patch of the forewing.[1]

References
  1. Brown, J.W., 2013: A new genus of pine-feeding Cochylina from the western United States and northern Mexico (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini). Zootoxa 03640 (2): 270-283. Abstract:


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