Dioryctria mendacella

Dioryctria mendacella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species: D. mendacella
Binomial name
Dioryctria mendacella
(Staudinger, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nephopterix mendacella Staudinger, 1859
  • Euzophera maritanella Millière, 1875

Dioryctria mendacella is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Staudinger in 1859, and is known from the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, France and Croatia, Greece and Cyprus.[2]

The wingspan is 28–31 mm.

The larvae feed within the cones of Pinus species, causing them to disintegrate before reaching maturity and thereby preventing seed production.

References

  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2011-12-16.


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