Rhyacionia buoliana
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.
[Image:Rhyacionia buoliana 1 beentree.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Caterpillar]
[Image:Rhyacionia buoliana male.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Mounted male]
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.
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''
Parasites