Retinia resinella

Retinia resinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Retinia
Species: R. resinella
Binomial name
Retinia resinella
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
  • Petrova resinella
  • Petrova rexinella
  • Phalaena resinella Linnaeus, 1758
  • Carpocapsa obesana Laharpe, 1858
  • Scoparia resinalis Guenee, 1854
  • Pyralis resinana Fabricius, 1794
  • Scoparia resinea Haworth, [1811]

The Pine Resin-gall Moth (Retinia resinella) is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from Europe to eastern Russia, China (Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia) and Japan.[2]

Resin gall

The wingspan is 16–22 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June.

The larva lives in the shoots of Pinus sylvestris where it causes a resin gall to develop. Development takes two years.

Parasites

The Larva are attached by the Tachinid fly Actia nudibasis.[3]

References

  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
  3. ↑ Belshaw, Robert (1993). "Tachinid Flies Diptera Tachinidae". Royal Entomological Society Handbooks (Royal Entomological Society of London) 10 (4ai): 170.
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