Biology:Dioryctria taedae

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Short description: Species of moth

Dioryctria taedae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species:
D. taedae
Binomial name
Dioryctria taedae
Schaber & Wood, 1971[1]

Dioryctria taedae is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Schaber and Wood in 1971, and is known from Maryland to the south-eastern United States .

The length of the forewings is about 12 mm.[2] There are two generations per year, with adults on wing in late August and again in early October.

The larvae feed on Pinus taeda.[3]

References


Wikidata ☰ Q5279561 entry