| Dioryctria taedae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Dioryctria |
| Species: | D. taedae |
| Binomial name | |
| Dioryctria taedae Schaber & Wood, 1971[1] |
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Dioryctria taedae is a species of snout moths in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Schaber and Wood in 1971, and is known from Maryland to the south-eastern United States.
The length od the forewings is about 12 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is very dark brown. The hindwings are smoky grey.[2] There are two generations per year with adults on wing in late August and again in early October.
The larvae feed on Pinus taeda.[3] The larvae of the first generation attack the terminal shoots of their host plant. The other generation feeds on developping second year cones the following spring.