Dioryctria caesirufella

Dioryctria caesirufella is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by André Blanchard and Edward C. Knudson in 1983 and is known from the US state of Texas.

Dioryctria caesirufella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species:
D. caesirufella
Binomial name
Dioryctria caesirufella
A. Blanchard & Knudson, 1983[1]

The length of the forewings is 7.2–10.4 mm for males and 8.3–10.5 mm for females. The forewings have a bluish-grey groundcolour with reddish dusting. The hindwings are ochreous grey and darker along the outer margin.[2]

The larvae possibly feed on Taxodium distichum.

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  2. "A New Species of Dioryctria Zeller (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) From Texas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2011-12-16.



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