Species Details

ABH: 49.307

BF: 1212

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Rhyacionia pinivorana

Authority: (Lienig & Zeller, 1846)

Vernacular: Spotted Shoot Moth

Account: Common in pine woodland and areas with scattered pines throughout the British Isles, more numerous in Scotland. The main confusion species is Pine Resin-gall Moth Retinia resinella, which differs in the ferruginous-brown general coloration of the forewing and the lighter hindwings with grey cilia [Bradley], but note that R. resinella is largely absent from southern England. Larva feeds within needles and young shoots of Scots Pine, subsequently burrowing into and feeding on developing buds.

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: 15 — 19 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 23 Apr (2007) — 6 Jul (2013)

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-pinivorana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 55

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1992

Latest Year: 2024

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