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 | |
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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
- "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
- "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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