Tortricidae : Olethreutinae
Cydia conicolana
CYDIA conicolana (Heylaerts, 1874)
Cydia conicolana
CYDIA conicolana (Heylaerts, 1874)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Pine-cone Piercer
Wingspan: 10-14mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Estonia,Finland,
Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Madeira,Malta,Norway,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily,Sweden & Ukraine)
UK Distribution: Very local in southern England and southern Wales
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Coniferous Woodland : Pine trees on Heathland and Moorland
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The forewing are dark greyish brown,finely speckled yellowish,lighter brown basally,and two metallic cross lines from dorsum to about half way across the forewing,short white streaks along the costa and the occelus edged bluish metallic with three or four black dashes laterally.
Although similar to C.coniferana this moth does not have the pronounced white dorso blotch which is confluelent with the antemedian line half way along the forewing.
The moth is a Nationally scarce species under the biodiversity Action Plan and is restricted to pine coniferous woodland in southern England and southern Wales.
Flies around tops of pines during the day and is occasionally attarcted to the light trap.
Wingspan: 10-14mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Estonia,Finland,
Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Madeira,Malta,Norway,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily,Sweden & Ukraine)
UK Distribution: Very local in southern England and southern Wales
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Grapholita conicolana (Heylaerts, 1874)
- Phalaena pomonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Not Specified
Habitat: Coniferous Woodland : Pine trees on Heathland and Moorland
Similar Species -
- Cydia coniferana (Saxesen, 1840)
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The forewing are dark greyish brown,finely speckled yellowish,lighter brown basally,and two metallic cross lines from dorsum to about half way across the forewing,short white streaks along the costa and the occelus edged bluish metallic with three or four black dashes laterally.
Although similar to C.coniferana this moth does not have the pronounced white dorso blotch which is confluelent with the antemedian line half way along the forewing.
The moth is a Nationally scarce species under the biodiversity Action Plan and is restricted to pine coniferous woodland in southern England and southern Wales.
Flies around tops of pines during the day and is occasionally attarcted to the light trap.
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 brutia - Brutia Pine,Calabrian Pine
- Pinus nigra - Austrian Pine,Black Pine
- Pinus nigra var. laricio - Corsican Pine
- Pinus sylvestris - Scot's Pine
- Pinus uncinata - Dwarf Mountain Pine
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Olethreutinae Grapholitini CYDIA Hübner, 1825 Cydia conicolana (Heylaerts, 1874) - Phalaena pomonella (Linnaeus, 1758) - GRAPHOLITA conicolana (Heylaerts, 1874) - Tijdschrift voor entomologie. by Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging Journal v.17 1873-74 : Title Page : p.212 - 217 - Not Specified |