Dioryctria resinosella

Dioryctria resinosella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Dioryctria
Species:	D. resinosella
Binomial name
	Dioryctria resinosella; Mutuura, 1982[1][2][3]

Dioryctria resinosella, the red pine shoot moth, is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae described by Akira Mutuura in 1982. It is found in Ontario and the northern United States.[4]

The larvae feed on Pinus resinosa. They infest new shoots and cones of their host plant.

Gallery

Larva
Damage
Pitch tube
Pupa

References

"GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
Savela, Markku. "Dioryctria Zeller, 1846". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
"Moth Photographers Group". Mississippi State University. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
"The Biology and Ecology of Dioryctria resinosella on young Red Pine in Maine" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-07.

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[1] "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 17, 2017.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Dioryctria Zeller, 1846". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2011-10-07.

[3] "Moth Photographers Group". Mississippi State University. Retrieved 2011-10-07.

[4] "The Biology and Ecology of Dioryctria resinosella on young Red Pine in Maine" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-07.