Rhyacionia buoliana

"Pine shoot moth" redirects here. For the other moth with this common name, see Dioryctria rubella.

Rhyacionia buoliana, the pine shoot moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is native to North Africa, North Asia, and Europe, and invasive in North America and South America.

Caterpillar

Mounted male

Rhyacionia buoliana
Mounted female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Rhyacionia
Species:	R. buoliana
Binomial name
Rhyacionia buoliana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
Tortrix buoliana [Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775 Tortrix bouliana Frolich, 1828 bouoliana Herrich-Schaffer, 1847 Rhyacionia buolina Neugebauer, 1950 Tortrix gemmana Hubner, [1818-1819] Phalaena (Tinea) gemmatella Panzer, 1804 Phalaena (Tinea) herbstella Goeze, 1783 Rhyacionia buoliana milleri Agenjo, 1963 Tortrix pallasana Sodoffsky, 1830 Evetria buoliana relictana LeCerf, 1932 Rhyacionia buoliana riesgoi Agenjo, 1963 Rhyacionia buoliana robredoi Agenjo, 1963 Retinia thurificana Lederer, 1855

The wingspan is 16–24 mm. The forewings are ferruginous-orange, often partly suffused with dark red and with several irregular variable anastomosing metallic grey-whitish striae and costal strigulae. The hindwings are light grey. The larva is brown-reddish; head and plate of 2 black.^[2]

Adults are on wing from June to August in western Europe.

The larvae feed on pine. The original host plants are Pinus sylvestris and Pinus nigra.

Subspecies

• Rhyacionia buoliana
• Rhyacionia buoliana thurificana (Lederer, 1855)

Parasites

The larvae are attacked by the tachinid fly Actia nudibasis.^[3]