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Large beech piercer

Cydia fagiglandana (Zeller, 1841)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The large beech piercer (Cydia fagiglandana) is a species in the family Tortricidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the large beech piercer

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
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Habitat
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Young per litter or clutch
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Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
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Where does the large beech piercer live?

Not recorded

Is the large beech piercer endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the large beech piercer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTortricidae
  6. genusCydia
  7. SpeciesCydia fagiglandana (Zeller, 1841)

Synonyms Carpocapsa grossana, Cydia corsica, Cydia fagiglandana corsica, Cydia grossana, Tortrix fagiglandana, Tortrix grossana

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • obaleč bukvicovýCzech
  • OldenviklerDanish
  • BucheckernwicklerGerman
  • pyökkikiiltokääriäinenFinnish
  • Carpocapse des faînesFrench
  • BükkmakkmolyHungarian
  • Bukinis vaisėdisLithuanian
  • bøkeglansviklerNorwegian Bokmål
  • BeukenspiegelmotDutch
  • bøkeglansviklarNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Плодожорка буковаяRussian
  • plodokaz bukvicovýSlovak
  • bokollonvecklareSwedish
  • Плодожерка буковаUkrainian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the large beech piercer

Other species in the same genus Cydia.

Codlin moth

Cydia pomonella

TortricidaeNo free photo yet

Pea moth

Cydia nigricana

TortricidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the large beech piercer?

The large beech piercer (Cydia fagiglandana) belongs to the family Tortricidae in the order Lepidoptera.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Large beech piercer (Cydia fagiglandana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-beech-piercer

MLA

“Large beech piercer (Cydia fagiglandana).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-beech-piercer.

BibTeX
@misc{large_beech_piercer_2026,
  title = {Large beech piercer (Cydia fagiglandana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-beech-piercer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}