Taniva

Taniva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Subfamily: Olethreutinae
Genus: Taniva
Heinrich, 1926
Species: T. albolineana
Binomial name
Taniva albolineana
(Kearfott, 1907)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Lipoptycha albolineana Kearfott, 1907
  • Endothenia albolineana
  • Argyroploce abietana Fernald, 1908
  • Olethreutes piceae Busck, 1916

Taniva is a genus of moths belonging to the Tortricidae family.[3] It contains only one species, the Spruce Needleminer Moth (Taniva albolineana).

Distribution

It is found in the northern United States and Canada.[4]

Description

The wingspan is about 12 mm.

Biology

The larvae feed on various spruce tree species. They only feed on dead needles. They are green with a dark brown head.[5] The species overwinters in the larval stage in constructed nests made up of live and dead spruce needles. Pupation occurs from late May to early June in a green pupa in a grey cocoon.

Adults are on wing from mid June to early July in one generation per year.

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Baixeras, J., Brown, J. W., and Gilligan, T. M. "Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae". Tortricidae.com. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  4. ↑ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
  5. ↑ Bug Wood

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