Rhyacionia pinivorana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Rhyacionia |
Species: | R. pinivorana
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Binomial name | |
Rhyacionia pinivorana | |
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Rhyacionia pinivorana, the spotted shoot moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from northern and central Europe to eastern Russia, China, Korea and Japan.[2]
The wingspan is 15–19 mm. The forewings are brownish-ferruginous, sometimes sprinkled with dark fuscous, costa and dorsum dark fuscous ; numerous irregular variable anastomosing shining grey-whitish striae. Hindwings grey.[3] It is similar to Rhyacionia buoliana but darker and less reddish.
Adults are on wing in May and early June.
The larvae feed on Pinus sylvestris. The larvae attack the leading shoot.