Dioryctria tumicolella
Dioryctria tumicolella is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Akira Mutuura, Eugene G. Munroe and Douglas Alexander Ross in 1969, and is known from British Columbia, Canada, but is possibly present in all of north-western North America.[1]
| Dioryctria tumicolella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Dioryctria |
| Species: | D. tumicolella |
| Binomial name | |
| Dioryctria tumicolella Mutuura, Munroe & Ross, 1969 | |
The wingspan is 12.5–15 mm.
The larvae have been recorded feeding within blister rust (Peridermium) swellings on Pinus ponderosa.[2]
References
- Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- "Species Page - Dioryctria tumicolella". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
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