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Pine Shoot Moth

Rhyacionia buoliana

About

A small bright orange moth with silver-grey crosslines on the forewings. Its larvae bore into the terminal shoots of young pine trees, causing deformity.

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Did You Know?

Attacked trees develop a characteristic 'posthorn' bend from the distorted leader shoot.