Seq # 362910090

Cydia interscindana (Möschler, 1866) Species

Last modified: March 20, 2024, 12:17 p.m.


A very rare and local species in Belgium, not often recorded.


Details

Classification
Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Grapholitini > Genus: Cydia > Species: Cydia interscindana
Vernacular names
Zonnegloedbladroller (NL), Juniper Piercer (EN), Zedern-Wacholder-Wickler (DE)
First mention in Belgium
Coenen F. 1981b. Cinquième contribution à la connaissance des microlépidoptères de Belgique. Cydia interscindana Möschler (Lep. Tortricidae) espèce nouvelle pour la faune belge. — Linneana belgica 8: 359–362. On page 359.
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan 10–12 mm. The adults can be attracted by the pheromone originally developed for Cydia pomonella.

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Specimens in nature


Caterpillar


Mine

The larva mines the branches and trunk of the host plant. The mines are full of frass and reaches the phloem. The plant tissue around the mine becomes loose, slightly swollen, somewhat sponge-like, this tissue is consumed by the larva.

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Cocoon/pupa

The pupa is light brown.


Bionomics

Mines can be found on branches and trunks. Hibernates as mature larvae and pupate in early spring. Adults come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults are on the wing from mid-June towards mid-September in two generations a year.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Juniperus communis
Host plant (genera):
Juniperus

The larva lives on Juniperus and on various cultivated conifers (Cupressaceae) such as Cupressocyparis leylandii, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana and Platycladus orientalis.

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Habitat

It inhabits gardens and parks planted with cultivated conifers and on calcareous ground with Juniperus.

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