Biology:Dioryctria batesella

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Short description: Species of moth

Dioryctria batesella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species:
D. batesella
Binomial name
Dioryctria batesella

Dioryctria batesella is a species of snout moth belonging to the genus of Dioryctria. It was described by Akira Mutuura and Herbert H. Neunzig in 1986 and is known from Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras.

The length of the forewings is 11–14 mm. The ground color is reddish-brown. The hindwings are smoky coloured and darker toward the termen.

The larvae feed in the cones of Pinus oocarpa and Pinus caribae.[1]

References

  1. Cibrián-Tovar, David; Ebel, Bernard H.; Yates, Harry O. III; Méndez-Montiel, José Tulio (1986). Cone and Seed Insects of the Mexican Conifers. Asheville, North Carolina: Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5279497 entry