Eupinivora ponderosae

Eupinivora ponderosae is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the montane regions of the western United States from Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado, south to Arizona and New Mexico and east to Texas. The habitat consists of conifer-dominated areas at elevations ranging from 1,700 to 2,700 meters.

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

The length of the forewings is 7.5–9 mm for males and 8.5–9.5 mm for females. The basal part of the forewings is pale orange, but slightly paler orange along the dorsum. There is a slightly darker orange blotch in upper distal half of the discal cell. The remainder of the wing is white with scattered patches of pale orange. The hindwings are pale grey. Adult have been recorded on wing from June to July, although there is a single record from late May (Texas).

The larvae have been reared from Pinus ponderosa

Etymology

The species name refers to the putative larval host and dominant tree in its habitat, the ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa).[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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