Clavigesta sylvestrana (Curtis, 1850) Species
Last modified: Nov. 26, 2023, 1:58 p.m.
A very rare and local species in the north of Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Eucosmini > Genus: Clavigesta > Species: Clavigesta sylvestrana
- Vernacular names
- Grote dennenlotbladroller (NL), Small Pine Shoot (EN), Großer Kieferntriebwickler (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- Fologne E. 1865. Notes sur quelques Lépidoptères nouveaux pour la faune de Belgique. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 9: 47–48. On page 47.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 12–15 mm. Labial palps, head and thorax grey, irrorate white. Forewing with obscure stripes of dark and silvery grey, with a variable overlay of ferruginous-purple colour especially subcostally and subapically.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The larva feeds on buds, shoots, twigs, and male catkins on the host plant. It forms a silk gallery. Pupation in a silken cocoon near the larval habitation where it overwinters.
They come sparsely to light.
Flight periods
The adults have been observed from late June till August, especially in July.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Pinus pinaster and Pinus sylvestris
The larva feeds on coniferous trees, mainly on Pinus sylvestris and Pinus pinaster.
Habitat
It inhabits coniferous woodland and plantations.
