Eupinivora rufofascia

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

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

The length of the forewings is 9–10.5 mm for males and 10.5 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is pale rust with indistinct dark rust basal, median and subterminal fascia. The hindwings are greyish brown.

Larvae were reared on Pinus arizonica var. copperi.

Etymology

The species name refers to the nearly rust coloured fascia 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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