Eupinivora thaumantias

Eupinivora thaumantias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Eupinivora
Species: E. thaumantias
Binomial name
Eupinivora thaumantias
(Razowski, 1994)
Synonyms
  • Phtheochroa thaumantias Razowski, 1994

Eupinivora thaumantias is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 10–10.8 mm for males and 10–11 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is glossy cinnamon-rust with a narrow white longitudinal dash in the distal portion of the discal cell. The hindwings are pale grey.

The larvae probably feed on Pinus species.

Etymology

The species name is derived from Greek mythology, presumably from Thaumantias or Thaumantos, the daughter of Thaumas.[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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