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Spruce seed moth

Cydia strobilella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The spruce seed moth (Cydia strobilella) is a species in the family Tortricidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the spruce seed moth

Weight
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the spruce seed moth live?

Not recorded

Is the spruce seed moth 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 spruce seed moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTortricidae
  6. genusCydia
  7. SpeciesCydia strobilella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Cydia kollarana, Cydia strobilana, Grapholitha strobilella, Laspeyresia strobilella, Phalaena strobilella, Tortrix kollarana, Tortrix strobilana

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • Spruce-cone piercerEnglish
  • obaleč šiškovýCzech
  • Gwyfyn Hadau SbriwsWelsh
  • GrankogleviklerDanish
  • FichtenzapfenwicklerGerman
  • kuusenkäpykääriäinenFinnish
  • エゾマツカサガJapanese
  • Kankorėžinis vaisėdisLithuanian
  • kongleglansviklerNorwegian Bokmål
  • KegelbladrollerDutch
  • kongleglansviklarNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Листовёртка еловая шишковаяRussian
  • plodokaz šiškovýSlovak
  • grankottvecklareSwedish
  • Gwyfynod Hadau SbriwsWelsh
  • エゾマツカサハマキJapanese
  • エゾマツカサヒメハマキJapanese
  • grankottsvecklareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the spruce seed moth

Other species in the same genus Cydia.

Codlin moth

Cydia pomonella

TortricidaeNo free photo yet

Pea moth

Cydia nigricana

TortricidaeNo free photo yet

CompareSpruce seed moth vs Codlin mothSpruce seed moth vs Pea mothSpruce seed moth vs Marbled piercerSpruce seed moth vs Vagrant piercer

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the spruce seed moth?

The spruce seed moth (Cydia strobilella) belongs to the family Tortricidae in the order Lepidoptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Spruce seed moth (Cydia strobilella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/spruce-seed-moth

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BibTeX
@misc{spruce_seed_moth_2026,
  title = {Spruce seed moth (Cydia strobilella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spruce-seed-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}