Blastesthia tessulatana

Blastesthia tessulatana, the cone tortricid, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Near East, North Africa, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and on Malta, Sicily, Sardinia and Cyprus.^[2]

Cone tortricid
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Blastesthia
Species:	B. tessulatana
Binomial name
Blastesthia tessulatana (Staudinger, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
Retinia tessulatana Staudinger, 1871 Pseudoccyx tessulatana

The wingspan is 13–17 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August.

The larvae feed on Cupressaceae species, including Cupressus sempervirens.^[3] They feed on the cones of their host plant.^[4] Larvae can be found from September to April.