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 | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Dioryctria |
Species: | D. abietivorella |
Binomial name | |
Dioryctria abietivorella (Grote, 1878) | |
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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
- "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- "Species Details: Dioryctria abietivorella". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
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