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Dioryctria taedivorella

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Dioryctria taedivorella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species:
D. taedivorella
Binomial name
Dioryctria taedivorella
Neunzig & Leidy, 1989[1]

Dioryctria taedivorella, the lesser loblolly pineconeworm moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Herbert H. Neunzig and Nancy Antoine Leidy in 1989, and is known from North America, where it is found from eastern Virginia and North Carolina to northern Alabama and Mississippi.[2]

The larvae feed on Pinus taeda (loblolly pine).[3]

References

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  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ^ Neunzig, H. H.; Leidy, Nancy Antoine (1989). "A New Species of Dioryctria (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae) from the Southeastern United States". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 91 (3): 321–324 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ^ "Moths of Maryland". Marylandmoths.com. Retrieved 2011-12-16.