Rhyacionia pinivorana

Rhyacionia pinivorana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Rhyacionia
Species: R. pinivorana
Binomial name
Rhyacionia pinivorana
(Zeller, 1846)[1]
Synonyms
  • Coccyx pinivorana Lienig & Zeller, 1846
  • Retinia albionana Doubleday, 1850
  • Tortrix pudendana Herrich-Schffer, 1848
  • Tortrix pudendana Herrich-Schffer, 1851
  • Evetria pinivorana var. rhaeticana Thomann, in Thomann, Standfuss & Muller-Rutz, 1914
  • Coccyx sciurana Tengstrom, 1848

The Spotted shoot moth (Rhyacionia pinivorana) is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from northern and central Europe to eastern Russia, China, Korea and Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 15–19 mm. Adults are on wing in May and early June.

The larvae feed on Pinus sylvestris. The larvae attack the leading shoot.

References

  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
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