Species Details

ABH: 49.305

BF: 1210

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Rhyacionia buoliana

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Pine Shoot Moth

Account: Local in pine woodland, plantations and nurseries throughout much of England and Wales, rare elsewhere Distinguished from R. pinicolana by the straighter costa, the distinctly orange markings and the triangular pre-tornal marking of the forewing, and the generally darker hindwings [Bradley]. Larva feeds within needles and young shoots of Scots Pine, Lodgepole Pine and Corsican Pine, subsequently burrowing into and feeding on developing buds, causing sufficient damage to be a serious pest in some areas.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 16 — 24 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 6 Jun (2011) — 7 Jul (1999)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Pinus sp. (a pine), Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/rhyacionia-buoliana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 13

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2011

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