Dioryctria abietivorella

Dioryctria abietivorella, the fir coneworm, is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1878, and is found in North America from southern Canada south to California in the west and North Carolina in the east.

Dioryctria abietivorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species:
D. abietivorella
Binomial name
Dioryctria abietivorella
(Grote, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pinipestis abietivorella Grote, 1878
  • Myelois elegantella Hulst, 1892
  • Pinipestis reniculella Grote, 1880

The wingspan is 10–13 mm. The forewings are primarily black and white with a prominent spot.

The larvae feed on a wide range of coniferous hosts, but fir, spruce and Douglas-fir are the preferred hosts. They feed internally on cones, needles, twigs and under the bark of their host plant.[2]

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  2. "University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum". Entomology.museums.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 2011-12-16.



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