Biology:Dioryctria peyerimhoffi

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Short description: Species of moth

Dioryctria peyerimhoffi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species:
D. peyerimhoffi
Binomial name
Dioryctria peyerimhoffi
de Joannis, 1921[1]

Dioryctria peyerimhoffi is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Joseph de Joannis in 1921 and is known from Algeria and Morocco.

The larvae feed on Cedrus atlantica.[2] They mine the young cones of their host plant.

References


Wikidata ☰ Q5279539 entry