| Spruce bark tortrix | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Cydia |
| Species: | C. pactolana |
| Binomial name | |
| Cydia pactolana (Zeller, 1840) | |
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Cydia pactolana, the spruce bark tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in central, northern and eastern Europe as well as Siberia. In Japan, the subspecies Cydia pactolana yasudai is present.
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The wingspan is 13–14 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June in one generation depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Picea abies , Picea pungens , Picea sitchensis and Larix species. Cydia pactolana yasudai feeds on Abies sachalinensis .
In Finland, spruce bark tortrix was found to cause damage to Picea abies in association with the fungal pathogen Neonectria fuckeliana . [1]
