Dioryctria taedivorella
Dioryctria taedivorella, the lesser loblolly pineconeworm moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Herbert H. Neunzig and Nancy Antoine Leidy in 1989, and is known from North America, where it is found from eastern Virginia and North Carolina to northern Alabama and Mississippi.
| Dioryctria taedivorella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Dioryctria |
| Species: | D. taedivorella |
| Binomial name | |
| Dioryctria taedivorella Neunzig & Leidy, 1989[1] | |
The length of the forewings is 12–15 mm. The ground color of the forewings is brown. The hindwings are smoky grey, but darker along the margins.[2]
The larvae feed on Pinus taeda (loblolly pine).[3]
References
- "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- Neunzig, H. H.; Leidy, Nancy Antoine (1989). "A New Species of Dioryctria (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae) from the Southeastern United States". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 91 (3): 321–324 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- "Moths of Maryland". Marylandmoths.com. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
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