Dioryctria abietella
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Dioryctria |
| Species: | D. abietella |
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Dioryctria abietella is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in Europe.
The wingspan is 27–33 mm.The forewings are fuscous, irrorated with whitish and dark fuscous; first and second lines whitish, dark-edged, waved, nearly parallel, hardly oblique; two darker shades rather before and beyond first line, not reaching costa; a small whitish discal spot, suffusedly darker-edged. Hindwings in male whitish-fuscous, in female light fuscous, darker terminally. Larva dark grey or reddish-brown; dorsal line double, pale; lateral and spiracular lines pale; head and plate of 2 dark brown: in shoots of Pinus sylvestris, not causing resinous exudation.[2][3][4][5]
The moth flies in one generation from the end of May to September.[1]
The caterpillars feed on pine and other conifers.
Notes
- ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
References
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description - ^ lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Parsons, M. Clancey, C. 2023 A Guide to the Pyralid and Crambid Moths of Britain and Ireland Atropos Publishing ISBN 978-0-9551086-4-8
- ^ Goater, B., Dyke . G. and Tweedie, R. 1986 British Pyralid Moths: A Guide to Their Identification ISBN 978-0-946589-08-1
External links
- waarneming.nl (in Dutch)
- Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived 2012-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Dioryctria abietella at UKMoths