The ovipositor is an organ used by some animals for the laying of eggs. In insects an ovipositor consists of a maximum of three pairs of appendages. The details and morphology of the ovipositor vary, but typically its form is adapted to functions such as transmitting the egg, preparing a place for it, and placing it properly. In some insects the organ is used merely to attach the egg to some surface, but in many parasitic species it is a piercing organ as well.
The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable dispute. These are generally very small moths with narrow, fringed wings. The larvae of most species feed internally on various parts of their host plants, sometimes causing galls. Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga) is a host plant common to many species of the family, particularly of the genus Chionodes, which as a result is more diverse in North America than usual for Gelechioidea.
Frass refers loosely to the more or less solid excreta of insects, and to certain other related matter.
Choristoneura murinana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in central Europe and the Near East, China, Taiwan and in North America.
Spodolepis substriataria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Alaska to Nova Scotia, south in the east to New Jersey and in the west to California.
Epinotia nanana, the European spruce needleminer, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from northern and central Europe to Russia and Mongolia.
Planotortrix excessana, the greenheaded leafroller, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is native to New Zealand and is an introduced species in Hawaii.
Ctenopseustis obliquana, the brownheaded leafroller, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is native to New Zealand and is an introduced species in Hawaii. The common name is also used for the related species Ctenopseustis herana and Ctenopseustis fraterna.
Xenolechia aethiops is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Ireland, Great Britain and Denmark to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Italy and Greece. It is also present in North Africa and Turkey and has also been reported from North America, with records from Alberta, Arizona, California, Maine, Saskatchewan and Texas.
Marmara oregonensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Oregon, United States.
Gypsonoma haimbachiana, the cottonwood twig borer, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in eastern North America, from Canada to the Gulf states and west to Missouri.
Retinia arizonensis, the pinyon pitch nodule moth, is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in North America.
Epinotia radicana, the red-striped needleworm moth, is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in western Canada, including British Columbia and the Alberta.
Pseudohermenias abietana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Sardinia and Italy and from France to Romania.
Eugraphe sigma is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from most of Europe to the Ural, Siberia, Transcaucasia, Armenia and Korea.
Stictoleptura canadensis, commonly as the Red-shouldered Pine Borer, is a species of beetle in the Cerambycidae family, that can be found in Canada and the United States.
Gabriola dyari is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from the Alaskan panhandle and British Columbia to California. The habitat consists of coniferous forests.
Eupithecia placidata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from British Columbia south to California.
Clepsis persicana, the white triangle tortrix or the green needleworm, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alaska and British Columbia to Newfoundland and south to Virginia and west to California. The habitat consists of coniferous and mixed coniferous forests.
The lemon tree borer is a longhorn beetle endemic to New Zealand. Its larvae are generalist feeders, boring into the wood of a wide variety of trees, native and introduced. When citrus orchards were first established in New Zealand, this beetle started inflicting serious damage, and so gained the name "lemon tree borer".
