Clavigesta purdeyi

Clavigesta purdeyi, the pine leaf-mining moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Clavigesta purdeyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Division:
Ditrysia
Section:
Cossina
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Clavigesta
Species:
C. purdeyi
Binomial name
Clavigesta purdeyi
(Durrant, 1911)

The wingspan is 10–12 mm and the imago are on wing from July to September.

The larvae mine the needles of Pinus sylvestris, Pinus contorta var. latifolia and Pinus nigra var. maritima and do not enter the buds or shoots. Trees show signs of defoliation and eventually shoots may die.


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