Rhyacionia pinivorana

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)
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, Korea and Japan.

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.

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