Dioryctria dominguensis

Dioryctria dominguensis is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Herbert H. Neunzig in 1996 and is known from the Dominican Republic.

Dioryctria dominguensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species:
D. dominguensis
Binomial name
Dioryctria dominguensis
Neunzig, 1996[1]

The length of the forewings is 13.5–16 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is fuscous, while the hindwings are pale fuscous, but darker along the veins and wing margins.[2]

The larvae possibly feed on Pinus occidentalis.

Etymology

The name is derived from the type locality and the Latin suffix -ensis (denoting place).

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  2. "New species of Phycitinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from the Dominican Republic" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2011-12-16.



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