Barbara fulgens

Barbara fulgens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Section: Cossina
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Barbara
Species: B. fulgens
Binomial name
Barbara fulgens
Kuznetsov, 1969

Barbara fulgens, the lustrous spruce cone moth, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in north-eastern China (Heilongjiang province) and eastern Russia (Khabarovsk Krai).

The wingspan is 14-17 mm. Adults are on wing in March.

The larvae feed on Picea koraiensis and Picea sibiricus. It is a pest of Korean spruce in the Heilongjiang province in China, with the larvae destroying the cones of their host plant.

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