Scientific name: Syndemis afflictana Walker
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae

Distribution

British Columbia

This species is generally distributed throughout British Columbia south of 55⁰ latitude; it also occurs east to Nova Scotia and south to California.

Damage, symptoms and biology

Syndemis afflictana is a common innocuous solitary defoliator.

Mature larva up to 20 mm long. Head, green unmarked. Body, yellowish green with yellowish subdorsal stripe and prominent cream coloured spiracular stripe.

Overwinters as a penultimate to mature larva. Larvae present from May to early June. Pupation occurs in early June and adults from fly mid-to late June. Larvae are present again from late July to October.

Canadian Forest Service Publications

Diet and feeding behaviour

Phyllophagous: Feeds on the leaves of plants.
- Free-living defoliator: Feeds on and moves about freely on foliage.

Information on host(s)

The principal host of Syndemis afflictana is Douglas-fir; other hosts include subalpine fir and balsam fir.

Main host(s)

Secondary host(s)

Photos

Dion Manastyrski Centre de foresterie du Pacifique, Victoria (Colombie-Britannique) / Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, British Columbia

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