Eupinivora unicolora

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

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

The length of the forewings is 7–9 mm for males and 8–9 mm for females. The forewings are nearly uniform rust, with a narrow cream blotch in distal portion of the discal cell and a diffuse area of cream scales at the mid-termen. The hindwings are pale greyish brown.

Larvae were reared on Pinus arizonica var. copperi.

Etymology

The species name refers to the nearly uniform rust colour 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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