Biology:Dioryctria assamensis

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Short description: Species of moth

Dioryctria assamensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species:
D. assamensis
Binomial name
Dioryctria assamensis
Mutuura, 1971[1]

Dioryctria assamensis is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Akira Mutuura in 1971 and is known from Assam, India , from which its species epithet is derived.

The larvae feed on Pinus khasya. They bore in the shoots of their host plant.[2]

References


Wikidata ☰ Q5279492 entry