''Retinia resinella'', the pine resin-gall moth, is a
moth of the family
Tortricidae.
Description
The
wingspan of ''Retinia resinella'' can reach 16–22 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June.
The larva lives in the shoots of ''
Pinus sylvestris'' where it causes a resin
gall
Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants, fungi, or animals. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to be ...
to develop. Development takes two years.
Parasites
The
larvae are attached by the
tachinid fly ''
Actia nudibasis
''Actia nudibasis'' is a Palearctic species of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Distribution
Austria, Germany, United Kingdom, Hungary, Poland, Sweden, Russia, Japan.
Hosts
'' Retinia resinella'' & ''Rhyacionia buoliana
''Rhyacionia ...
''.
Distribution
This species can be found from Europe to eastern
Russia,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
(
Heilongjiang,
Inner Mongolia) and
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
.
Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
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References
External links
UKmothsEurasian Tortricidae
Eucosmini
Moths described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Moths of Japan
Moths of Europe
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