Piniphila bifasciana (Haworth, 1811) Species
Last modified: Nov. 22, 2025, 6:29 p.m.
A not so common species throughout Belgium, mainly observed in the Kempen, but also present elsewhere.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Olethreutini > Genus: Piniphila > Species: Piniphila bifasciana
- Vernacular names
- Tweebandbladroller (NL), Pine Marble (EN), Zweibindiger Kiefernwaldwickler (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- Fologne E. 1859b. Supplément au catalogue des lépidoptères de Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 3: 133–142. On page 134.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 12–16 mm. It has a relatively straight-edged basal patch and well-defined, broad, almost parallel-sided median fascia with a variably marked termen, together with the pale ochreous general coloration, often tinged with pinkish, are characteristic
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
Head dark brown or black. Body yellowish to pale grey, sometimes tinged with red, pinacula and peritreme of spiracles darker than integument, prothoragic plate brown to blackish, medial sulcus whitish, thoragic legs brownish black, anal plate brown.
Cocoon/pupa
Bionomics
The larva lives in a loose spinning amongst the shoots and male blossoms of the food plant. It pupates in a flimsy cocoon in the larval habitation.
The adults are active from early dusk onwards and come to light.
Flight periods
The adults may be found from mid-May towards late September. Most observations during June.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Pinus sylvestris and Pinus pinaster
The larva lives on Pinus sylvestris and Pinus pinaster.
Habitat
It inhabits coniferous woodland.
