Biology:Dioryctria caesirufella
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Short description: Species of moth
| Dioryctria caesirufella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Dioryctria |
| Species: | D. caesirufella
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| Binomial name | |
| Dioryctria caesirufella A. Blanchard & Knudson, 1983[1]
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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
- ↑ "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
- ↑ "A New Species of Dioryctria Zeller (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) From Texas" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20140810092001/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/85/8e/c2/858ec22bee7dab8b46a74bebb78b695f.pdf. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
Wikidata ☰ Q5279500 entry
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