Tortricidae

49.011 Great Pine Tortrix Archips oporana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Notable A

Similar species:

Forewing: 9 to 10mm

Habitats: Coniferous woodland.

Habits: The moth flies from mid-afternoon to early evening. It then flies from dusk and later comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva overwinters in a silk tube amongst the needles of Scot's Pine, Norway Spruce, White Spruce, European Silver Fir, White Fir and Junipers. In the spring it feeds on the fresh shoots a silk gallery, but forms a dense web when feeding on Juniper. It pupates within the larval spinning.