Dioryctria horneana

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Dioryctria horneana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species:
D. horneana
Binomial name
Dioryctria horneana
(Dyar, 1919) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pinipestis horneanaDyar, 1919

Dioryctria horneana is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria . It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1919 and is endemic to Cuba.

The wingspan is 22–30 mm.

The larvae feed on the cones of Pinus cubensis , Pinus caribea and Pinus tropicalis .

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 4, 2017.