Tortricidae : Olethreutinae
Pine Bud Moth
PSEUDOCOCCYX turionella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pine Bud Moth
PSEUDOCOCCYX turionella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 14-21mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Crete,Corsica,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece, Ireland, Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily & Ukraine) to China,Japan & Korea
UK Distribution: Fairly common in south east England,East Anglia but scarcer in north west England and southern Scotland, also appearing in other localities of Scot's Pine woodland.
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Pine Woodland : Heathland supporting young pines
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The moth has orange labial palps,head and throrax with the forewing being mottled light brown with darker brown cross lines to two thirds along the forewing, with the remainder being suffused orangey brown.
The hindwing is whitish in the male and pale grey on the female.
A nationally scarce moth in pine woodlands it is found mainly in south east England and East Anglia to north east England but is scarcer in north west Scotland.
The moth flies form late afternoon and is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Crete,Corsica,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece, Ireland, Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily & Ukraine) to China,Japan & Korea
UK Distribution: Fairly common in south east England,East Anglia but scarcer in north west England and southern Scotland, also appearing in other localities of Scot's Pine woodland.
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena turionella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Retinia tessulatana Staudinger, 1871
- Europe
Habitat: Pine Woodland : Heathland supporting young pines
Similar Species -
- Pine Leaf-mining Moth - Clavigesta purdeyi - (Durrant, 1911)
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The moth has orange labial palps,head and throrax with the forewing being mottled light brown with darker brown cross lines to two thirds along the forewing, with the remainder being suffused orangey brown.
The hindwing is whitish in the male and pale grey on the female.
A nationally scarce moth in pine woodlands it is found mainly in south east England and East Anglia to north east England but is scarcer in north west Scotland.
The moth flies form late afternoon and is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Pinaceae - Pine Family
- Pinus contorta latifolia - Lodgepole Pine
- Pinus nigra laricio - Corsican Pine
- Pinus sylvestris - Scot's Pine
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Olethreutinae Eucosmini PSEUDOCOCCYX Swatschek 1958 Pseudococcyx turionella (Linnaeus, 1758) - Retinia tessulatana Staudinger, 1871 - PHALAENA turionella (Linnaeus, 1758) = Blastesthia turionella Linnaeus, 1758 = Coccyx turionella (Linnaeus, 1758) - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title page : p.539 - n.273 - Europe |