''Rhyacionia buoliana'', the pine shoot moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is native to North Africa, North Asia, and Europe, and invasive in North America and South America. The wingspan is 16–24 mm. The forewings are ferruginous-orange, often partly suffused with dark red and with several irregular variable anastomosing metallic grey-whitish striae and costal strigulae. The hindwings are light grey. The larva is brown-reddish; head and plate of 2 black. Meyrick, E., 1895 ''A Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' MacMillan, London Adults are on wing from June to August in western Europe. The larvae feed on pine. The original host plants are '' Pinus sylvestris'' and ''

Pinus nigra ''Pinus nigra'', the Austrian pine or black pine, is a moderately variable species of pine, occurring across Southern Europe from the Iberian Peninsula to the eastern Mediterranean, on the Anatolian peninsula of Turkey, Corsica and Cyprus, as wel ...

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Subspecies

*''Rhyacionia buoliana'' *''Rhyacionia buoliana thurificana'' (Lederer, 1855)

Parasites

The larvae are attacked by the tachinid fly '' Actia nudibasis''.

References

External links

Pine Shoot Moth at UKMothsLepiforum.de
Eucosmini Moths described in 1775 Moths of Africa Moths of Asia Tortricidae of Europe Moths of North America Tortricidae of South America Taxa named by Michael Denis Taxa named by Ignaz Schiffermüller {{Eucosmini-stub