Rhyacionia buoliana

Rhyacionia buoliana, the pine shoot moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is native to North Africa, North Asia, and Europe, and invasive in North America and South America.

Caterpillar
Mounted male
"Pine shoot moth" redirects here. For the other moth with this common name, see Dioryctria rubella.

Rhyacionia buoliana
Mounted female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Rhyacionia
Species:
R. buoliana
Binomial name
Rhyacionia buoliana
Synonyms
  • Tortrix buoliana [Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775
  • Tortrix bouliana Frolich, 1828
  • bouoliana Herrich-Schaffer, 1847
  • Rhyacionia buolina Neugebauer, 1950
  • Tortrix gemmana Hubner, [1818-1819]
  • Phalaena (Tinea) gemmatella Panzer, 1804
  • Phalaena (Tinea) herbstella Goeze, 1783
  • Rhyacionia buoliana milleri Agenjo, 1963
  • Tortrix pallasana Sodoffsky, 1830
  • Evetria buoliana relictana LeCerf, 1932
  • Rhyacionia buoliana riesgoi Agenjo, 1963
  • Rhyacionia buoliana robredoi Agenjo, 1963
  • Retinia thurificana Lederer, 1855

The wingspan is 16–24 mm. The forewings are ferruginous-orange, often partly suffused with dark red and with several irregular variable anastomosing metallic grey-whitish striae and costal strigulae. The hindwings are light grey. The larva is brown-reddish; head and plate of 2 black. [2]

Adults are on wing from June to August in western Europe.

The larvae feed on pine. The original host plants are Pinus sylvestris and Pinus nigra. The host-plant spectrum has been expanded to more members of the genus Pinus after the introduction of North American pine species into Europe and after transport of Rhyacionia buoliana to North and South America. This species is also recorded from Abies alba.

Subspecies
  • Rhyacionia buoliana
  • Rhyacionia buoliana thurificana (Lederer, 1855)

Parasites

The larvae are attacked by the tachinid fly Actia nudibasis.[3]

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
  3. Belshaw, Robert (1993). "Tachinid Flies Diptera Tachinidae". Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. Royal Entomological Society of London. 10 (4ai): 170.
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