| Dioryctria yiai | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Dioryctria |
| Species: | D. yiai |
| Binomial name | |
| Dioryctria yiai Mutuura & Munroe, 1972[1] |
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Dioryctria yiai is a species of snout moths in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Mutuura & Munroe, in 1972, and is known from Taiwan and China.
There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Pinus massoniana. They damage the branches, cones and shoots of their host plant.[2] The species overwinters in the larval stage within the damaged branch, cone or shoot.