Cydia illutana


Cydia illutana is a small moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from western and central Europe, north to Scandinavia and east to Russia.
The wingspan is 12–14 mm. Adults are on wing in May and June. There is one generation per year.
The caterpillars feed on the scales of conifer cones. Host plants are European silver fir, European larch, Dahurian larch, Siberian larch, Norway spruce, Siberian spruce and common Douglas-fir. They pupate in peat or rotting wood.

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s of this species are:
In addition, the specific name illutana was used in a list of tortrix moths by Gottlieb [August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer|G.A.W. Herrich-Schäffer] in 1847 already. But he did not provide a description then, thus the scientific name was validly established by him only in 1851.