Dioryctria castanea

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Dioryctria castanea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species:
D. castanea
Binomial name
Dioryctria castanea
Bradley, 1969 [1]

Dioryctria castanea is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria . It was described by John David Bradley in 1969 and is known from India.

Adults have a distinctive purplish or reddish chestnut brown coloration of the forewings.

Larvae have been reared on Pinus kesiya . [2]

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References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. J. D. Bradley (1969). "A new species of Dioryctria Zeller (Lep., Pyralidae) on Pinus kesiya in Assam, N.E. India". Bulletin of Entomological Research. Journals.cambridge.org. 59: 125–127. doi:10.1017/S0007485300003114 . Retrieved 2011-12-16.