Taniva
Taniva | |
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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 | |
Synonyms | |
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Taniva is a genus of moths belonging to the Tortricidae family.[3] It contains only one species, Taniva albolineana, the spruce needleminer moth.
Distribution
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.
Gallery
- Damage
- Adults emerging
See also
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W. & Gilligan, T. M. "Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae". Tortricidae.com. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
- ↑ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
- ↑ Bug Wood
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