Biology:Dioryctria yatesi
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Short description: Species of moth
| Dioryctria yatesi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Dioryctria |
| Species: | D. yatesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Dioryctria yatesi | |
Dioryctria yatesi, the mountain pine coneworm, is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Akira Mutuura and Eugene G. Munroe in 1979 and is limited to the mountains of the coastal south-eastern United States and Tennessee .[1]
The larvae feed on Pinus pungens. They bore the cones of their host plant.[2]
References
- ↑ "Biology and management of North American cone-feeding Dioryctria species". Pubs.esc-sec.ca. 2011-04-05. http://pubs.esc-sec.ca/doi/abs/10.4039/n10-045.
- ↑ "Table Mountain Pine - Pinus pungens". Cirrusimage.com. http://www.cirrusimage.com/tree_table_mountain_pine.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q5279567 entry
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