Dioryctria peyerimhoffi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Dioryctria |
Species: | D. peyerimhoffi |
Binomial name | |
Dioryctria peyerimhoffi Joannis, 1921[1] |
Dioryctria peyerimhoffi is a species of snout moths in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Joannis in 1921, and is known from Algeria and Morocco.
The larvae feed on Cedrus atlantica.[2] They mine the young cones of their host plant.