Rhyacionia pinivorana

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]

Rhyacionia pinivorana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 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.

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
  3. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
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