''Blastesthia turionella'', the pine bud moth, is a
moth of the family
Tortricidae. It is found from Europe to eastern
Russia,
China
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(
Inner Mongolia),
Korea and
Japan
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.
Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
/ref> In the mountains, it occurs to elevations of up to 1,200 meters above sea level.
The wingspan is 14–21 mm. In warm areas, adults are on wing from mid-April to the beginning of May. Males emerge three to five days prior to the females. The flight period lasts four to six weeks.
The larvae feed on '' Pinus sylvestris'', '' Pinus mugo'', ''Pinus nigra
''Pinus nigra'', the Austrian pine or black pine, is a moderately variable species of pine, occurring across Southern Europe from the Iberian Peninsula to the eastern Mediterranean, on the Anatolian peninsula of Turkey, Corsica and Cyprus, as wel ...
'' and '' Pinus contorta''. It has also been recorded from '' Abies alba''. If there is a serious outbreak, all buds in the upper parts of the crown of the host plant are destroyed. Outbreaks usually occur on large-scale monocultures of pine trees in flat country. Economic damage is reported from north-western Europe, Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland.
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Eurasian Tortricidae
Eucosmini
Moths described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Moths of Japan
Tortricidae of Europe
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