Retinia resinella

Retinia resinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Retinia
Species:	R. resinella
Binomial name
Retinia resinella (Linnaeus, 1758) [1]
Synonyms
Petrova resinella Petrova rexinella Phalaena resinellaLinnaeus, 1758 Carpocapsa obesanaLaharpe, 1858 Scoparia resinalisGuenee, 1854 Pyralis resinanaFabricius, 1794 Scoparia resineaHaworth, [1811]

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

Description

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

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

Distribution

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

References

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)

External links

• Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
• UKmoths
• Eurasian Tortricidae Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine