Cydia illutana
Seq # 362910080
Cydia inquinatana

Cydia indivisa (Danilevsky, 1963) Species

Last modified: Dec. 14, 2023, 10:59 a.m.

A very rare species in Belgium, not so often recorded.

Details

Classification
Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Grapholitini > Genus: Cydia > Species: Cydia indivisa
Vernacular names
Fijnsparspiegelmot (NL), Spruce-bark Piercer (EN), Fichtenwald-Glanzwickler (DE)
Status

Native

Distribution

Imago

Wingspan 13–16 mm.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Caterpillar

Grey-white hairy body. The head is brown with a darker V-shaped mark. The prothoracic plate, which is divided in the middle, is brown.

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Bionomics

Egg laid on or in the bark. Larvae under bark of weakened trees and in the callus tissue around bark wounds. Preference for sunlit parts of the trunk. The infection is recognizable by masses of frass emitted from the edge of the bark wounds. Also in one-year-old larch cones covered with silk. Pupation in spring, in a white cocoon, near the resin.
The adults come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults are on the wing from late April towards mid-June.

Observed on

Host plant (species):
Picea abies

The larva lives on Picea abies, Picea sitchensis, Abies sp. and Larix decidua.

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Habitat

It inhabits coniferous forests, plantations or scattered conifer trees in parks and gardens.

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Contact
Statistics
Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1799 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1793 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1967 Antwerpen
  • 1920 Limburg
  • 214 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 28 Brabant Wallon
  • 1680 Hainaut
  • 2224 Namur
  • 2143 Liège
  • 2222 Luxembourg