Cydia indivisa (Danilevsky, 1963a)
spruce-bark piercer
on Abies, Picea
parasite
Larvae under the bark of weakened trees and in the callus tissue around bark wounds. Preference for sun-exposed past of the stem. The infestations are recognizable by frass pile coming out from the margins of the bark wounds. According to Szabóky & Buschmann also in one-year old larch cones covered with webbing. Pupation in the spring, in a white cocoon close to the resin.
host plants
Pinaceae, oligophagous
Abies alba; Larix decidua; Picea abies, sitchensis.
distribution within Europe
references
Chambón (1994a), Hancock & Bland (2015b), Huemer & Mayr (2000a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2005a), Lepiforum (2020), Lyneborg (1987a), Szabóky & Buschmann (2010a), Wimmer (2004a).