Dioryctria yiai

Dioryctria yiai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species: D. yiai
Binomial name
Dioryctria yiai
Mutuura & Munroe, 1972[1]

Dioryctria yiai is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Mutuura & Munroe, in 1972, and is known from Taiwan and China.

There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Pinus massoniana. They damage the branches, cones and shoots of their host plant.[2] The species overwinters in the larval stage within the damaged branch, cone or shoot.

References

  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. "Study on Dioryctria yiai". En.cnki.com.cn. Retrieved 2011-12-16.


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