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Clavigesta purdeyi (Pine leaf-mining Moth)

Synonyms: Rhyacionia purdeyi (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Clavigesta purdeyi, the pine leaf-mining moth, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The wingspan is 10–12 mm and the imago are on wing from July to September. The larvae mine the needles of Pinus sylvestris, Pinus contorta var. latifolia and Pinus nigra var. maritima and do not enter the buds or shoots. Trees show signs of defoliation and eventually shoots may die.
View Wikipedia Record: Clavigesta purdeyi

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd 163340 Wales, United Kingdom
Glan-traeth 35 Wales, United Kingdom  
Glannau Môn: Cors heli / Anglesey Coast: Saltmarsh 2614 Wales, United Kingdom  
Sefton Coast 11278 England, United Kingdom
Y Twyni o Abermenai i Aberffraw/ Abermenai to Aberffraw Dunes 4623 Wales, United Kingdom  

Prey / Diet

Pinus contorta (Lodgepole pine)[1]
Pinus nigra (Black pine)[1]
Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0