The larvae awaken and begin feeding in early spring and pupate in June. (wikipedia.org)
White2
Immature larvae are phyllophagous and mainly feed upon balsam fir, red spruce, tamarack, white spruce but are also seen on the following. (wikipedia.org)
We will stop at some of the white pine and larch plantations and discuss reforestation issues that accompany such a large acreage. (idahotreefarm.org)
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loblolly ( P. taeda L.), lodgepole ( P. contorta Dougl. (ufl.edu)
Species2
1981). The increasing population of a preferred host species, loblolly pine ( Pinus taeda L.), in Florida poses an ever-increasing problem of Nantucket pine tip moth infestations. (ufl.edu)
Yates (1969) and Powell and Miller (1978) provide characters to separate adults and pupae of R. frustrana , Rhyacionia rigidana (Fernald) (pitch pine tip moth), and Rhyaciona subtropica (Miller) (subtropical pine tip moth), three species with overlapping host and geographic ranges. (ufl.edu)