Nantucket Pine Tip Moth
Rhyacionia frustrana
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Small moth with mottled brown wings, larvae bore pine tips. Damages pine shoot growth in native ponderosa and bishop pine. Forest health pest in woodland gardens.
Plants that support Nantucket Pine Tip Moth
1 plants
Knobcone Pine
Pinus attenuata
tree
Multiple generations per year; larvae feed on new growth and developing cones
Bay Area nativeKeystone species