Eupinivora ponderosae

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

Last updated March 30, 2019

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.

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 10,350 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the genus Heliocosma is sometimes placed within this superfamily. Many of these are economically important pests. Olethreutidae is a junior synonym. The typical resting posture is with the wings folded back, producing a rather rounded profile.

Nevada is a state in the Western United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th most extensive, the 32nd most populous, but the 9th least densely populated of the U.S. states. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's people live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area where three of the state's four largest incorporated cities are located. Nevada's capital, however, is Carson City.

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]

Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the ponderosa pine, bull pine, blackjack pine, or western yellow-pine, is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to the western United States and Canada. It is the most widely distributed pine species in North America.

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References

↑ Brown, J.W., 2013: A new genus of pine-feeding Cochylina from the western United States and northern Mexico (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini). Zootoxa03640 (2): 270-283. Abstract:

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[1] Brown, J.W., 2013: A new genus of pine-feeding Cochylina from the western United States and northern Mexico (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini). Zootoxa03640 (2): 270-283. Abstract: