''Spilonota laricana'' is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe (except the Iberian Peninsula and the

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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 ...

, Russia and the

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. The wingspan is about 15 mm. It was formerly considered to be a forma of ''

Spilonota ocellana ''Spilonota ocellana'', the bud moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm, from North Africa and Europe to Iran, eastern Russia, China (Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Sichuan, Shaanxi, ...

'' Adults are on wing from June to August.UKmoths
/ref> The larvae mainly feed on ''

Larix Larches are deciduous conifers in the genus ''Larix'', of the family Pinaceae (subfamily Laricoideae). Growing from tall, they are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the north and high on mountains furth ...

'' species, but have also been recorded on other coniferous trees. Young larvae mine the needles of their host plant. After overwintering they feed on the young buds.

References

Eucosmini Moths described in 1863 Moths of Japan Moths of Europe Taxa named by Hermann von Heinemann {{Eucosmini-stub