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Short description: Species of moth

Dioryctria caesirufella
Scientific classification
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species:
D. caesirufella
Binomial name
Dioryctria caesirufella
A. Blanchard & Knudson, 1983[1]

Dioryctria caesirufella is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by André Blanchard and Edward C. Knudson in 1983 and is known from the US state of Texas .

The length of the forewings is 7.2–10.4 mm for males and 8.3–10.5 mm for females. The forewings have a bluish-grey groundcolour with reddish dusting. The hindwings are ochreous grey and darker along the outer margin.[2]

The larvae possibly feed on Taxodium distichum.

References


Wikidata ☰ Q5279500 entry