Retinia resinella

Retinia resinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Retinia
Species:	R. resinella
Binomial name
	Retinia resinella; (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
	Petrova resinella; Petrova rexinella; Phalaena resinella Linnaeus, 1758; Carpocapsa obesana Laharpe, 1858; Scoparia resinalis Guenee, 1854; Pyralis resinana Fabricius, 1794; Scoparia resinea Haworth, [1811];

Retinia resinella, the pine resin-gall moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.

Description

The wingspan of Retinia resinella can reach 16–22 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June.

The larva lives in the shoots of Pinus sylvestris where it causes a resin gall to develop. Development takes two years.

Resin gall

The larva are attached by the tachinid fly Actia nudibasis.[2]

This species can be found from Europe to eastern Russia, China (Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia) and Japan.[3]

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Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

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