Retinia resinella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

• Evetria resinella [11].

Distribution

• Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia , Yugoslavia. [1].
• Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland,France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
• Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central European South taiga, Trans-Baikal, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, of Baikal, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, South West Siberian , South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

• The wingspan of up to 18 mm. The front wings are slate-gray, with brownish-gray horizontal stripes and spots. Hind wings gray-brown. [11].

General info about Larva

• Caterpillar yellowish-brown. [11].

Larva food plants / other food objects

• Pine. [11].

Larva lifespan

• Since the second half of summer to early spring next year (ie, lives half the year). Young caterpillars stitch in the shoots of this year, resulting resin forms a resin nut, which will spend the winter larva pobegovyuna.After zimoski caterpillar continues to eat here, and Smolyan nut gradually increases, enabling caterpillars overwinter in it the same way again. Here comes pupation. Butterfly can get out of the nut out, as By this time, its walls are fragile and thinner. [11].

Overwintering stage

• Caterpillar twice. [11].

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