| Dioryctria pygmaeella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Dioryctria |
| Species: | D. pygmaeella |
| Binomial name | |
| Dioryctria pygmaeella Ragonot, 1887[1] |
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The Baldcypress Coneworm Moth (Dioryctria pygmaeella) is a species of snout moths in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Ragonot, in 1887, and is restricted to the coastal plains of the eastern United States and eastern Texas.[2]
There are up to three generations per year.
The larvae feed within the cones of Taxodium distichum and Taxodium ascendens.[3] The young larvae eat the chorion and bore into the cone after making exploratory holes.