49.307 Rhyacionia pinivorana (Spotted Shoot Moth)
ws: 15-19mm; May-Jul; Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris); common in pine woodland and areas with scattered pines throughout GB.
Rhyacionia pinivorana §4 male
ID: forewing markings vary in colour from ferruginous brown to dark chocolate brown; in extent of black mixed in with the brown markings.
Retinia resinella is similar but darker with blackish-brown forewing markings; darker fuscous hindwings with white cilia (grey in R.pinivorana).
Retinia resinella is similar but darker with blackish-brown forewing markings; darker fuscous hindwings with white cilia (grey in R.pinivorana).
§1 Thursley Common, Surrey; 16/06/2008; fw 7.5mm
§2 Cyffdy Farm, Gwynedd; 22/06/2010; female; fw 8.7mm
§3 Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; 14/07/2011; male; fw 7.2mm
§4 New Forest Hampshire; 02/06/2012; male
§5 Arne, Dorset; 07/07/2016; female; fw 7.9mm
§6 Cranwich Heath, Norfolk; 15/05/2017; female; fw 8.6mm; to light
§7 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 18/06/2019; male; fw 7.3mm
§8 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 11/06/2023
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Cyffdy Farm, Gwynedd; 22/06/2010; female; fw 8.7mm
§3 Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; 14/07/2011; male; fw 7.2mm
§4 New Forest Hampshire; 02/06/2012; male
§5 Arne, Dorset; 07/07/2016; female; fw 7.9mm
§6 Cranwich Heath, Norfolk; 15/05/2017; female; fw 8.6mm; to light
§7 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 18/06/2019; male; fw 7.3mm
§8 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 11/06/2023
All images © Chris Lewis
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