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Cydia cosmophorana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Scientific name
  
Cydia cosmophorana

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cydia

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Cydia medicaginis, Cydia millenniana, Cydia duplicana, Cydia pactolana, Cydia succedana

Cydia cosmophorana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from northern and central Europe to eastern Russia.

The wingspan is 9–13 mm. Adults are on wing in May and June. At times there is a small second generation in August. They frequent pine forests and plantations and are most active in hot sunshine at midday and in the afternoon.

The larvae primarily feed on Pinus sylvestris, but have also been recorded on Pinus strobus, Picea excelsa and Juniperus communis. The larvae live in resinous nodules and excrescences on the bark of the trunk and branches of the host plant, and also in galls and mines of other Tortricidae and Pyralidae species.

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Cydia cosmophorana Wikipedia