| Epinotia pygmaeana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Epinotia |
| Species: | E. pygmaeana |
| Binomial name | |
| Epinotia pygmaeana (Hübner, [1799]) | |
Epinotia pygmaeana, the pygmy needle tortricid, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found across the Palearctic from northern and central Europe to eastern Russia.
The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are fuscous, whitish-sprinkled, costa spotted with dark fuscous; basal patch with edge sharply angulated, and central fascia darker, space between them forming a subquadrate more whitish dorsal spot; ocellus large, broadly edged with leaden-metallic. Hindwings are white; apical third fuscous, darker terminally. The larva is green; spots black; head and plate of 2 black. [1]
Adults are on wing from late March to early June.
The larvae feed on Picea abies , Picea excelsa , Picea sitchensis and Abies alba . The larvae mine and later spin the needles of their host, causing a decrease in growth.
