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Rhyacionia pinicolana
Smooth Pine Shoot Moth (Doubleday, 1849)
Tortricidae: Olethreutinae
1211 / 49.306
Photo © Patrick Clement,  Chartley Moss, Staffordshire. July 2014.

Similar West Midlands Species
Pine Shoot Moth
Rhyacionia buoliana
Wingspan: 16-23mm
Flight: June - August
Foodplant:   Scots pine
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

Locally fairly common where foodplant occurs.

Pinus sylvestris with larva feeding April/May, in a shoot and later in a bud, causing resinous exudation.

Recorded in 54 (39%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1887.
Last Recorded in 2023.
(Data up to end 2023)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2023)
Date#VC10k Area
23/08/2023637SO88 - Highgate Common/Kinver
20/08/2023139SJ84 - Newcastle/Potteries
15/08/2023139SK02 - Blithfield/Chartley Moss
15/08/2023140SO57 - Ludlow
10/08/2023840SO79 - Bridgnorth
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