Tortricidae : Olethreutinae
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Immature stages

Similar Norfolk Species
Cydia coniferana
Pine Bark Moth
Cydia strobilella
Spruce Seed Moth
Cydia pactolana
Scarce Spruce Bark Moth
Cydia cosmophorana
Pine Resin Moth
Approx Length (c. 6mm) Wingspan (10-12mm)
      
      
      
      
    
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Cydia conicolana
Pine Nut Moth

(Heylaerts, 1874)1269 / 49.330
=Pine-cone Piercer

Norfolk status
Scarce.

Separated from C. cosmophorana by the narrow, transverse, metallic bluish bands on forewing.

Established pine forests. The moth flies actively in the late morning and afternoon and again at sunset, keeping to the tops of trees.

The larvae bores into a young cone of pine (Pinus), especially Scots pine (P. sylvestris) and feeds internally on the seeds, overwintering.

Records at Dersingham bog NNR.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 21 (28%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 2000.
Last Recorded in 2025.
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Determination
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Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10kGeneral Area
10/03/2025128TL88West Tofts Heath
05/03/2025428TL88Croxton Heath
02/11/2024+28TF81Little Dunham
08/06/2024+28TL99Great Hockham
02/06/2024128TF74Holme NNR
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Wingspan: 10-12mm
Flight: May - June
Foodplant:   Scots Pine, Corsican Pine
Nat Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3
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