Biology:Dioryctria yiai

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Short description: Species of moth

Dioryctria yiai
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species:
D. yiai
Binomial name
Dioryctria yiai
Mutuura & Munroe, 1972[1]

Dioryctria yiai is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Akira Mutuura and Eugene G. Munroe in 1972 and is known from Taiwan and China .

There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Pinus massoniana. They damage the branches, cones and shoots of their host plant.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5279568 entry