| Dioryctria mendacella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Dioryctria |
| Species: | D. mendacella |
| Binomial name | |
| Dioryctria mendacella (Staudinger, 1859)[1] |
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Dioryctria mendacella is a species of snout moths in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Staudinger in 1859, and is known from the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, France and Croatia, Greece and Cyprus.[2]
The wingspan is 28-31 mm.
The larvae feed within the cones of Pinus species, causing them to disintegrate before reaching maturity and thereby preventing seed production.