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Date

May 3, 2019 07:29 AM PDT

Description

This would seem to be the most likely species in range here, found in coastal "fog belt", known host plant ornamental pines of which we have many nearby, and looks same as example at BG with BOLD confirmation https://bugguide.net/node/view/512366/bgpage

Reading through: Powell, J.A., & W.E. Miller, 1978. Nearctic pine tip moths of the genus Rhyacionia: biosystematic review (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae). United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook No. 514: 1-51.

R. zozana seems the only other option but this species with basal area forewing dark bluish-gray, distribution further north.

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