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Givira lotta

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ13642652 ↗
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Givira lotta, the pine carpenterworm moth, is a moth in the family Cossidae. The species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1910. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from California, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. The habitat consists of pine forests.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. They have been recorded on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Pinus ponderosa.

References

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Cossidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World.

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This entry incorporates text from “Givira lotta” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.