Dioryctria yatesi

Dioryctria yatesi, the mountain pine coneworm, is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Mutuura and Munroe in 1979, and is limited to the mountains of the coastal south-eastern United States and Tennessee.[2]

Dioryctria yatesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species:
D. yatesi
Binomial name
Dioryctria yatesi
Mutuura & Munroe, 1979[1]

The larvae feed on Pinus pungens. They bore the cones of their host plant.[3]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. "Biology and management of North American cone-feeding Dioryctria species". Pubs.esc-sec.ca. 2011-04-05. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  3. "Table Mountain Pine - Pinus pungens". Cirrusimage.com. Retrieved 2011-12-16.



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