''Taniva'' is a
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
genus belonging to the family
Tortricidae
The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the genu ...
erected by
Carl Heinrich
Carl Heinrich (1880 in New York City – 1955) was an American entomologist.
Life
He studied Greek and drama at the University of Chicago, he moved to Washington D.C., in 1902, where he worked in business. In 1908, he went to New York to study ...
in 1926. Its only species, ''Taniva albolineana'', the spruce needleminer moth, was
first described by
William D. Kearfott in 1907.
Distribution
It is found in the northern United States and
Canada
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.
Description
The
wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...
is about 12 mm.
Gallery
Image:Taniva albolineana damage.jpg, Damage
Image:Taniva albolineana adult emerging.jpg, Adults emerging
See also
*
List of Tortricidae genera
This is a taxonomy of the moth family Tortricidae down to genus level. This classification is up-to-date to 2008, taking information from the Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae and taxonomic changes made in 2007.
Subfamily Tortricinae T ...
References
External links
''Tortricid.net''
Endotheniini
Moths of North America
Monotypic moth genera
Tortricidae genera
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