Species Details

ABH: 49.306

BF: 1211

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Rhyacionia pinicolana

Authority: (Doubleday, 1850)

Vernacular: Smooth Pine Shoot Moth

Account: Common in pine woodland and areas with scattered pine trees throughout England Differs from Pine Shoot Moth R. buoliana by the more strongly marked costa, the ferruginous-chestnut coloration of the markings and the rounded apex of the pre-tornal marking of the forewing, and the paler hindwing [Bradley]. Larva feeds within needles and young shoots of Scots Pine, but is less likely than R. buoliana to cause the tree serious damage.

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 — 23 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 Jun (2017) — 20 Aug (2010)

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

Foodplant: Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 63

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 1992

Latest Year: 2020

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