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Retinia resinella

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Retinia resinella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Retinia
Species:
R. resinella
Binomial name
Retinia resinella
Synonyms
  • Petrova resinella
  • Petrova rexinella
  • Phalaena resinella Linnaeus, 1758
  • Carpocapsa obesana Laharpe, 1858
  • Scoparia resinalis Guenee, 1854
  • Pyralis resinana Fabricius, 1794
  • Scoparia resinea Haworth, [1811]

Retinia resinella, the pine resin-gall moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.

Description

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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 to develop. Development takes two years.

Resin gall

Parasites

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The larvae are attached by the tachinid fly Actia nudibasis.[2]

Distribution

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This species can be found from Europe to eastern Russia, China (Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia) and Japan.[3]

References

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  1. ^ tortricidae.com
  2. ^ Belshaw, Robert (1993). "Tachinid Flies Diptera Tachinidae". Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. 10 (4ai). Royal Entomological Society of London: 170.
  3. ^ Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
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