Biology:Dioryctria rubella

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Short description: Species of moth

Dioryctria rubella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species:
D. rubella
Binomial name
Dioryctria rubella
Hampson in Ragonot, 1891[1]

Dioryctria rubella, the pine shoot moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by George Hampson in 1891 and is known from south-east Asia, including China and the Philippines .

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Pinus kesiya, Pinus merkusii, Pinus caribaea, Pinus taeda, Pinus yunnanensis and Pinus massoniana.[2][3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5279554 entry