Dioryctria gulosella

Dioryctria gulosella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species: D. gulosella
Binomial name
Dioryctria gulosella
(Hulst, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrobasis gulosella Hulst, 1890

Dioryctria gulosella is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Hulst in 1890, and is known from the United States, including Colorado, New Mexico and California.

The wingspan is 21–27 mm. The forewings are dark grey with a fine, sparse, white dusting, making the general color a dark ash grey. The hindwings are white, but smoky at the apex and somewhat along the termen.[2]

References

  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. "Bulletin - United States National Museum". Archive.org. Retrieved 2011-12-16.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, November 07, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.