Dioryctria pentictonella

Dioryctria pentictonella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Dioryctria
Species:	D. pentictonella
Binomial name
	Dioryctria pentictonella; Mutuura, Munroe & Ross, 1969

Last updated March 31, 2025

Dioryctria pentictonella 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 found in North America from British Columbia south to California.^[1]

Adults are on wing from mid-April to early June.

The larvae feed on Pinus ponderosa and Pinus contorta .^[2] They feed on the buds of their host plant.

References

↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
↑ "Species Page - Dioryctria pentictonella". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Archived from the original on November 3, 2019.

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[Pyraloidea_db-1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.

[2] "Species Page - Dioryctria pentictonella". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Archived from the original on November 3, 2019.

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