Young larvae burrow into the expanding buds, webbing together the needles as they grow. Pupation occurs within webbed masses of partially eaten and damaged needles.(5)
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Packard, A.S., 1886. Additions to the third report on the causes of the destruction of the evergreen and other forest trees in northern New England. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Entomology, Bulletin 12: 17.