Dioryctria abietivorella

Dioryctria abietivorella, the fir coneworm, is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1878,[1] and is found in North America from southern Canada south to California in the west and North Carolina in the east.

Dioryctria abietivorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species:
D. abietivorella
Binomial name
Dioryctria abietivorella
(Grote, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Pinipestis abietivorella Grote, 1878
  • Myelois elegantella Hulst, 1892
  • Pinipestis reniculella Grote, 1880

The wingspan is 10–13 mm. The forewings are primarily black and white with a prominent spot.

The larvae feed on a wide range of coniferous hosts, but fir, spruce and Douglas-fir are the preferred hosts. They feed internally on cones, needles, twigs and under the bark of their host plant.[2]

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  2. "Species Details: Dioryctria abietivorella". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 28, 2020.



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