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 resinella Linnaeus, 1758
  • Carpocapsa obesana Laharpe, 1858
  • Scoparia resinalis Guenee, 1854
  • Pyralis resinana Fabricius, 1794
  • Scoparia resinea Haworth, [1811]

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

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 larva 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. Royal Entomological Society of London. 10 (4ai): 170.
  3. ↑ Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
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