This is a Pseudococcyx turionella. The larvae have a tendency to live in (and destroy) the terminal bud during the autumn, winter and spring. Not, I imagine, popular with Forestry Commission people, but the moths are reasonably scarce.
Andy King.
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Wednesday, 19 April 2017
Pseudococcyx turionella
I collected some Scots Pine shoots the other day from Stoke Common, Bucks and one moth has already emerged from a bud:
This is a Pseudococcyx turionella. The larvae have a tendency to live in (and destroy) the terminal bud during the autumn, winter and spring. Not, I imagine, popular with Forestry Commission people, but the moths are reasonably scarce.
Andy King.
This is a Pseudococcyx turionella. The larvae have a tendency to live in (and destroy) the terminal bud during the autumn, winter and spring. Not, I imagine, popular with Forestry Commission people, but the moths are reasonably scarce.
Andy King.
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What a smart specimen, Andy. Shows the value of rearing in that you can get a pristine adult rather than one that has lost half its scales in a moth trap!
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