Dioryctria resinosella

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Dioryctria resinosella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species: D. resinosella
Binomial name
Dioryctria resinosella
Mutuura, 1982[1][2][3]

The Red Pine Shoot Moth (Dioryctria resinosella) is a species of moth of the Pyralidae family. It is found in Ontario and the northern United States.[4]

The larvae feed on Pinus resinosa. They infest new shoots and cones of their host plant.

Gallery

  • Larva

  • Damage

  • Pitch tube

  • Pupa

References

  1. ↑ "globiz.pyraloidea.org". globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  2. ↑ "Dioryctria at funet". Nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  3. ↑ "mothphotographersgroup". Mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  4. ↑ "The Biology and Ecology of Dioryctria resinosella on young Red Pine in Maine" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
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