Blastesthia turionella

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Pine bud moth
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Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Blastesthia
Species:
B. turionella
Binomial name
Blastesthia turionella
Synonyms
  • Coccyx turionella
  • Orthotaenia turionella(Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pseudococcyx turionella(Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Phalaena (Tortrix) turionellaLinnaeus, 1758
  • Tortrix turionanaHubner, [1813]

Blastesthia turionella, the pine bud moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Europe to eastern Russia, China (Inner Mongolia), Korea and Japan. [1] In the mountains, it occurs to elevations of up to 1,200 meters above sea level.

The wingspan is 14–21 mm. In warm areas, adults are on wing from mid-April to the beginning of May. Males emerge three to five days prior to the females. The flight period lasts four to six weeks.

The larvae feed on Pinus sylvestris , Pinus mugo , Pinus nigra and Pinus contorta . It has also been recorded from Abies alba . If there is a serious outbreak, all buds in the upper parts of the crown of the host plant are destroyed. Outbreaks usually occur on large-scale monocultures of pine trees in flat country. Economic damage is reported from north-western Europe, Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland.

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