Dioryctria yatesi
| Dioryctria yatesi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Dioryctria |
| Species: | D. yatesi |
| 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.[2]
The larvae feed on Pinus pungens. They bore the cones of their host plant.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Li, Houhun; Schouten, Rob; Solis, M. Alma; Trofimova, Tatiana; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ↑ "Biology and management of North American cone-feeding Dioryctria species". Pubs.esc-sec.ca. 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Table Mountain Pine - Pinus pungens". Cirrusimage.com. Retrieved 2011-12-16.