Dioryctria banksiella

Dioryctria banksiella is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Mutuura, Munroe and Ross, in 1969, and is found from Alberta and the Northwest Territories eastward.

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

The larvae feed in western gall rust (Endocronartium harknessii) on trunks of Pinus banksiana. Early instars score the gall tissue below the bark, while later instars mine the gall tissue.

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.



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