Tortricidae

49.332 Pine Bark Moth Cydia coniferana (Saxesen, 1840)

Notable B

Similar species:

Forewing: 4.5 to 6.5mm

Habitats: Coniferous forests and coniferous plantations.

Habits: The moth flies around conifers during sunny afternoons and flies again at dusk and occasionally comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva feeds from a silk-lined tunnel under the bark of Scots Pine or Black Pine. It can be detected by the large quantities of red-brown frass exuding from holes at the edge of loose bark fragments in March and April. It pupates in the feeding place.