49.332 Pine Bark Moth

Cydia coniferana

Pine Bark Moth
Cydia coniferana

TQ4692 23/06/2024 ©Raymond Small

Listed as nationally scarce and there are not many records in Essex. It flies around conifers during afternoon sunshine and at dusk from May until August. The larvae live in a silk-lined tunnel under pine bark. Previously known as the Pine-bark piercer.

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