Dioryctria tumicolella

Dioryctria tumicolella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species: D. tumicolella
Binomial name
Dioryctria tumicolella
Mutuura, Munroe & Ross, 1969[1]

Dioryctria tumicolella is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Mutuura, Munroe and Ross in 1969, and is known from British Columbia, Canada, but is possibly present in all of north-western North America.

The wingspan is 12.5–15 mm. Adults are black and white, with only a few brownish-red scales in the subbasal area.

The larvae have been recorded feeding within blister rust (Peridermium) swellings on Pinus ponderosa.[2]

References

  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. "University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum". Entomology.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 2011-12-16.


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