Rhyacionia pinivorana (Lienig & Zeller, 1846)
spotted shoot
on Pinus
parasite
The larva develops in late summer in a lateral bud; here also it hibernates. In the spring it lives as a borer in a shoot. Generally this is a lateral shoot, but even when the central shoot is attacked this generally does not develop in the typical “post-horn” malformation that is characteristic for an infection by Rh. buoliana.
host plants
Pinaceae, monophagous
Pinus sylvestris.
Records from Abies alba need confirmation.
phenology
Univoltine.
distribution within Europe
larva
Body reddish brown, shagreened; head blackish brown; prothoracic plate dark brown; anal plate brown; see also Swatschek.
pupa
See Patočka & Turčáni.
synonyms
Evetria pinivorana.
references
Baixeras, Domínguez & Martínez (1996a), Bradley, Tremewan & Smith (1979a), Disqué (1905a), Hancock & Bland (2015b), Meijerman & Ulenberg (2000a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Schütze (1931a), Seven, Ozdemir, Ozdemir & Bozkurt (2005a), Swatschek (1958a), Thomann, Standfuss & Müller-Rutz (1913a).