Dioryctria rubella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Dioryctria |
Species: | D. rubella |
Binomial name | |
Dioryctria rubella | |
Dioryctria rubella, the pine shoot moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria . It was described by George Hampson in 1891 and is known from south-east Asia, including China and the Philippines.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Pinus kesiya , Pinus merkusii , Pinus caribaea , Pinus taeda , Pinus yunnanensis and Pinus massoniana . [2] [3]