Eupinivora ponderosae Brown, 2013, new species
Creators: name: Brown, John W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Tortricidae
Eupinivora
Eupinivora ponderosae

description: Eupinivora ponderosae, new species
Figs. 3, 9, 15
Diagnosis. Eupinivora ponderosae is superficially most similar to E. angulicosta but the latter has a conspicuously greater forewing length (mean 10.2 mm vs. 8.4 mm) and darker rust maculation. The male genitalia of the two are most easily distinguished by the more conspicuously angled costa of the valve of E. angulicosta.
Description. Head: Vertex and frons white; scaling on antenna white; labial palpus white medially, pale orange laterally. Thorax: Nota white with some pale orange scaling, tegula usually pale orange; fore- and midleg mostly pale orange brown, hindleg mostly white. Forewing length 7.5–9.0 (mean = 8.4; n = 10) in males, 8.5– 9.5 (mean = 9.0; n = 5) in females; forewing (Fig. 3) with basal 0.25 pale orange, slightly paler orange along dorsum from base to ca. 0.9 distance to tornus; a slightly darker orange, subrectangular blotch in upper distal 0.5 of discal cell concolorous with basal patch, remainder of wing white with ill defined, scattered patches of pale orange. Fringe white and cream. Hindwing pale gray. Fringe pale gray. Abdomen: White. Male genitalia (Fig. 9) with uncus short, subtriangular, lobelike; socii subtriangular, descending; transtilla enlarged mesially with dense patch of slender spines, median pair conspicuously longer, with adjacent pairs diminishing in size; valva broadest at base, abruptly narrowed to about 0.8 basal width beyond sacculus, sacculus straight, uniform in width, with non-serrate free edge; terminal processes of phallus modified, one slender, curved, smooth, other a broad crenulate plate, phallus with dense cluster of 15–20 large external spine-like setae of variable length immediately apicad of junction of aedeagus and phallobase. Female genitalia (Fig. 15) with lamella postvaginalis comprised of a broad, semi-sclerotized, shield-shaped plate and a pair of broad, subrectangular lateral posterior lobes narrowly separated mesially, lamella antevaginalis a sclerotized, weakly crenulate band. Ductus and corpus bursae as described for the genus
Holotype 3, USA, Arizona, Coconino Co., 6.3 mi ESSE Flagstaff, 21 Jun 1965, J. G. Franclemont. Deposited in USNM.
Paratypes (573, 41Ƥ). USA: ARIZONA: Apache Co.: Alpine, 7 Jun 1937 (13), G. H. & J. L. Sperry (USNM). White Mtns, 25 Jun 1935 (13), G. H. & J. L. Sperry (USNM). Greer Road, White Mtns, 26 Jun 1935 (1Ƥ), J. A. Comstock (LACM). Turkey Creek Road, White Mtns, 20–21 1935 (1Ƥ), J. A. Comstock (LACM). Cochise Co.: Chiricahua Mtns, 11–13 Jun 1937 (1Ƥ), H. Jones (LACM). Rustler Park, Chiricahua Mountains, 3 Jul 1972 (1Ƥ), J. Powell (EME). Coconino Co.: Fort Valley, 7.5 mi NW Flagstaff, 7350’, 19 Jun 1961 (73, 2Ƥ), 20 Jun 1961 (143, 1Ƥ), 21 Jun 1961 (13), 28 Jun 1961, all R. W. Hodges, 16 Jun 1964 (13), 28 Jun 1964 (13), both J. G. Franclemont (USNM). Hochderffer Hill, 12.5 mi NW Flagstaff, 8500’, 16 Jul 1964 (13, 1Ƥ), 18 Jul 1964 (13), 19 Jul 1964 (1Ƥ), all J. G. Franclemont (USNM). Hart Prairie, 10 mi NNW Flagstaff, 8500’, 22 Jun 1961 (13), 1 Jul 1964 (1Ƥ), 6 Jul 1964 (1Ƥ), J. G. Franclemont (USNM). 7 mi W Williams, 6 Jun 1958 (1Ƥ), N. McFarland (LACM). Pine Flat Campground, Oak Creek Canyon, 3 Jun 1968 (3Ƥ), P. Opler & J. Powell (EME). Parks, 7100’, 26 Jun 1957 (13), L. Martin, R. Ford & W. Rees (EME). Greenlee Co.: Strayhorse Campground, 8 mi S Hannagan Mdws, 7500’, 6 Jun 1959 (13), J. M. & S. N. Burns (EME). Pima Co.: Summerhaven, Mount Lemon, 110.74°W, 32.46°N, 8200’, 24 Jun 1985 (1Ƥ), R. Nagel (EME), 1 Jun 1997 (2Ƥ), R. Leuschner (RLC). COLORADO: Alamosa Co.: Zapata Ranch, 8200’, 21 Jun 1982 (13), 23 Jun 1982 (1Ƥ), 26 Jun 1982 (13, 1Ƥ), R. Hodges (USNM). Chaffee Co.: 4 mi SW Buena Vista, pure stand ponderosa pine, 1 Jul 1982 (13), 2 Jul 1982 (13), 10 Jul 1982 (23), 15 Jul 1982 (1Ƥ), R. Hodges (USNM). Fremont Co.: Hayden Cr., 6800’, 9 Jul 1982 (1Ƥ), R. Hodges (USNM). Gilpin Co.: Golden Gate Canyon, 8,800’, 39.841260°N 105.456411°W, 10 Jul 2010 (33), 11 Jul 2010 (23), B. Bartell (DMNS). Stanford Cabin, Aspen Springs, Dory Hill, N. Blackhawk, 9000’, 12 Jul 1980 (13), C. V. Covell, Jr. (USNM). Larimer Co.: Hidden Valley, RMNP, 2 Jul 1990 (13), 14 Jul 1990 (13), P. A. Opler (CSU). Endovalley Picnic Area, RMNP, 7–8 Aug 1995 (1Ƥ), D. H. Katz (CSU). Hollowell Park, RMNP, 16 Jul 1995 (13), E. Buckner & P. Opler (CSU). Moraine Park, RMNP, 9 Jul 1999 (23, 1Ƥ), J. Brown & P. Opler (USNM). Stonewall Cr., E Cherokee Pk Rd & 287, 20 Aug 2008 (1Ƥ), J. S. Nordin (DWC). San Miguel Co.: 6 mi W Telluride, 8745’ 29 Jun 1977 (23), 7 Jul 1977 (13), 8000’, 15 Jul 1977 (1Ƥ), D. C. Ferguson (USNM). Teller Co.: Big Springs Ranch, Florissant, 15 Jul 1960 (13), 16 Jul 1960 (13, 1Ƥ), 20 Jul 1960 (1Ƥ), T. Emmel (EME, LACM). NEVADA: Clark Co.: McWilliams Campground, Charleston Mountains, 8500’, 20 Jul 1981 (13, 2Ƥ), J. Powell & J. DeBenedictis (EME). Lee Canyon, 17 Jul 1991 (1Ƥ), R. & J. Robertson (EME). NEW MEXICO: Grant Co.: Fort Bayard, 1 Mar 1931, em: 31 Mar 1916 (1Ƥ), r.f. Pinus ponderosa, A. J. Jaenicke, Hopkins No. 13955-2. Santa Fe Co.: Hyde Park Road, 2700 m, 6–8 Jul 2001 (23), J. Powell, from Choristoneura retiniana pheromone trap (EME). Sandoval Co.: Valles Caldera National Preserve, 0.1 mi N Union Building, 35°52.7’N, 106°35.3’W, 23 Jun 2010 (13), J. Brown & S. Monsalve (USNM). Valles Caldera National Preserve, entrance at Redondo Gate, 35°52.368’N, 106°37.284’W, 26 Jun 2009 (13), J. Brown & J. Rota (USNM). TEXAS: Culberson Co.: Smith Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, 5750’, 22 May 1973 (13), R. Hodges (USNM). UTAH: Garfield Co.: Blue Spruce Camp, 18 mi N Escalante, 8000’, 28 Jul 1965 (1Ƥ), F., P. & M. Rindge (EME). WYOMING: Albany Co.: Laramie, 2217 Sky View Lane, 7458’, T15N, R73W, S1, 4 Jul 2002 (1Ƥ), 11 Jul 2004 (1Ƥ), 15 Jul 2004 (1Ƥ), 4 Jul 2007 (2Ƥ), 8 Jul 2007 (13, 3Ƥ), 16 Jul 2007 (1Ƥ), 11 Jul 2009 (1Ƥ), J. S. Nordin (DWC). Upper Blair P.G., T14N, R71W, S7, 8200’, 7 Jul 2004 (13), 10 Jul 2004 (13), J. S. Nordin (DWC). NE Pole Mtn, S Happy Jack Rd, 9 Jul 2003 (13), J. S. Nordin (DWC).
Distribution and biology. Eupinivora ponderosae ranges throughout much of the montane regions of the western United States from Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado, south to Arizona and New Mexico, and east to Texas, at elevations from about 1700 to 2700 m. One specimen from New Mexico was reared from Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa P. & C. Lawson; Pinaceae), and all specimens were collected in conifer-dominated habitat. A series of specimens from New Mexico was collected by J. Powell (EME) in traps baited with a synthetic pheromone for the bud worm Choristoneura lambertiana (Busck, 1915) (Archipini) —90% 92:8E:Z11-14AC, 10% 90:10E:Z11OH—which is consistent with that of other Cochylina. In pheromones of Archipini there is a prevalence of cis-isomers, whereas in those of Cochylina there is a prevalence of trans-isomers (Safonkin 2007). Adult captures are from June and July with a single record from late May (Texas).
Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the putative larval host and dominant tree in its habitat—ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa).
description: Published as part of Brown, John W., 2013, A new genus of pine-feeding Cochylina from the western United States and northern Mexico (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini), pp. 270-283 in Zootaxa 3640 (2) on pages 273-274, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3640.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/218121