Rhyacionia frustrana: Nantucket Pine Tip Moth
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Description: Provides photographs of different life stages of this moth, its distribution, description, biology, host plants, detection and management.
Nantucket pine tip moth - Rhyacionia frustrana (Comstock) common name: Nantucket pine tip moth (Comstock) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) (Comstock), is a serious pest of young pine in plantations, wild pine seedlings in open areas, Christmas tree plantings, ornamental pines, and pine seed orchards in the United States. Growth loss and stem deformity, caused by larvae feeding inside growing shoots, buds, and conelets, can be considerable during the first five years when most damage occurs (Yates et al. 1981). The increasing population of a preferred host species, loblolly pine (
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| Page title: | Nantucket pine tip moth - Rhyacionia frustrana (Comstock) |
| Keywords: | Nantucket pine tip moth Rhyacionia frustrana Lepidoptera Tortricidae Wayne Dixon |
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| IP-address: | 128.227.242.110 |
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| NS | Name Servers: NS.NAME.UFL.EDU 128.227.30.254 RNS.NAME.UFL.EDU 8.6.245.30 |
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| Date | activated: 25-Mar-1986 last updated: 03-Feb-2014 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |