Rhyacionia buoliana

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Rhyacionia buoliana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Rhyacionia
Species:
R. buoliana
Binomial name
Rhyacionia buoliana
Synonyms
  • Tortrix buoliana[Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775
  • Tortrix boulianaFrolich, 1828
  • bouolianaHerrich-Schaffer, 1847
  • Rhyacionia buolinaNeugebauer, 1950
  • Tortrix gemmanaHubner, [1818-1819]
  • Phalaena (Tinea) gemmatellaPanzer, 1804
  • Phalaena (Tinea) herbstellaGoeze, 1783
  • Rhyacionia buoliana milleriAgenjo, 1963
  • Tortrix pallasanaSodoffsky, 1830
  • Evetria buoliana relictanaLeCerf, 1932
  • Rhyacionia buoliana riesgoiAgenjo, 1963
  • Rhyacionia buoliana robredoiAgenjo, 1963
  • Retinia thurificanaLederer, 1855

Rhyacionia buoliana, the pine shoot moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is native to North Africa, North Asia, and Europe, and invasive in North America and South America.

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Mounted male

The wingspan is 16–24 mm. The forewings are ferruginous-orange, often partly suffused with dark red and with several irregular variable anastomosing metallic grey-whitish striae and costal strigulae. The hindwings are light grey. The larva is brown-reddish; head and plate of 2 black. [2]

Adults are on wing from June to August in western Europe.

The larvae feed on pine. The original host plants are Pinus sylvestris and Pinus nigra .

Subspecies

Parasites

The larvae are attacked by the tachinid fly Actia nudibasis . [3]

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<i>Archips oporana</i> Species of moth

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<i>Protodeltote pygarga</i> Species of moth

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<i>Tachina fera</i> Species of fly

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<i>Rhyacionia</i> Genus of tortrix moths

Rhyacionia is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae.

<i>Ditula angustiorana</i> Species of moth

Ditula angustiorana, the red-barred tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae found in Africa, Asia, Europe and North Africa. Other common names are the fruit-tree tortrix and the vine tortrix. The moth was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811.

<i>Retinia resinella</i> Species of moth

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

<i>Rhyacionia duplana</i> Species of moth

Rhyacionia duplana, the summer shoot moth or Elgin shoot moth when referring to subspecies logaea, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from northern and central Europe to eastern Russia, China and Japan. It has also been reported from Korea, but it has not been found in recent studies.

<i>Rhyacionia pinicolana</i> Species of moth

Rhyacionia pinicolana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from northern and central Europe to eastern Russia, China, Japan and Korea.

<i>Rhyacionia pinivorana</i> Species of moth

Rhyacionia pinivorana, the spotted shoot moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from northern and central Europe to eastern Russia, China, Korea and Japan.

<i>Rhyacionia frustrana</i> Species of moth

Rhyacionia frustrana, the Nantucket pine tip moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the United States from Massachusetts south to Florida, west to Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and California. It is also found in the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico (Oaxaca), Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

<i>Rhyacionia bushnelli</i> Species of moth

Rhyacionia bushnelli, the western pine tip moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the United States, including Alabama, Nebraska, North Dakota and Montana.

<i>Rhyacionia subtropica</i> Species of moth

Rhyacionia subtropica, the subtropical pine tip moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the United States in southern Alabama and Florida. It has also been recorded from Cuba and Belize.

<i>Rhyacionia hafneri</i> Species of moth

Rhyacionia hafneri is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria and Slovenia.

<i>Cylindromyia interrupta</i> Species of fly

Cylindromyia interrupta is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.

Actia nudibasis is a Palearctic species of flies in the family Tachinidae.

Rhyacionia dativa is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Russia.

Rhyacionia insulariana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China.

<i>Acantholyda erythrocephala</i> Species of sawfly

Acantholyda erythrocephala is a species of sawfly in the family Pamphiliidae commonly known as the red-headed pine sawfly or the pine false webworm. Native to Europe, it has been introduced into North America where it has become invasive.

<i>Rhyacionia logaea</i> Species of moth

Rhyacionia logaea, the Elgin shoot moth, is a species of moth belonging to the family Tortricidae. It was previously considered a subspecies of Rhyacionia duplana, the summer shoot moth. It is now considered the sister species of R. duplana.

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
  3. Belshaw, Robert (1993). "Tachinid Flies Diptera Tachinidae". Royal Entomological Society Handbooks . 10 (4ai). Royal Entomological Society of London: 170.