Dioryctria resinosella

Dioryctria resinosella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
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. 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.

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References

  1. "globiz.pyraloidea.org". globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  2. "Dioryctria at funet". Nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  3. "mothphotographersgroup". Mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  4. "The Biology and Ecology of Dioryctria resinosella on young Red Pine in Maine" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-07.


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