Cydia zebeana (Ratzeburg, 1840)
larch bark moth
on Larix
parasite
Larvae bore in the callus tissue that is formed around and over bark wounds of the stem.
host plants
Pinaceae, monophagous
Larix decidua.
distribution within Europe
larva
Body light grey; head blach; prothoracic and anal plates brown; pinacula brownish; see Swatschek, but not the possible confusion with the later described mileleniana.
pupa
See Patočka & Turčáni.
synonyms
Grapholitha, Laspeyresia, zebeana; Laspeyresia sanctacruciana Karpinsky & Toll, 1962.
notes
Un the past this species has often been confounded with Cydia millenniana; references to galls mostly refer to that latter species.
references
Bösener (1966a), Buhr (1964a), Disqué (1905a), Houard (1908a), Meijerman & Ulenberg (2000a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Swatschek (1958a).