Dioryctria yatesi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Dioryctria |
Species: | D. yatesi |
Binomial name | |
Dioryctria yatesi | |
Dioryctria yatesi, the mountain pine coneworm, is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria . It was described by Akira Mutuura and Eugene G. Munroe in 1979 and is limited to the mountains of the coastal south-eastern United States and Tennessee. [2]
The larvae feed on Pinus pungens . They bore the cones of their host plant. [3]
Table Mountain pine, Pinus pungens, also called hickory pine, prickly pine, or mountain pine, is a small pine native to the Appalachian Mountains in the United States.
Pinus pinaster, the maritime pine or cluster pine, is a pine native to the Mediterranean region. It is a hard, fast growing pine containing small seeds with large wings.
Dioryctria sylvestrella, the new pine knot-horn or maritime pine borer, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in Europe, parts of Asia and North Africa. The adult is a small mottled brown and white insect with a wingspan of 28 to 35 mm. The moth flies in a single generation from June to October and is a pest of maritime pine and several other species of pine, on which the caterpillars feed.
Dioryctria auranticella, the ponderosa pineconeworm moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1883. It is found in western North America from southern British Columbia south to California and Arizona, east to South Dakota and New Mexico.
Dioryctria resinosella, the red pine shoot moth, is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae described by Akira Mutuura in 1982. It is found in Ontario and the northern United States.
Dioryctria disclusa, the webbing coneworm or rusty pine cone moth, is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in North America from New Brunswick to Florida, west to Texas and north to Manitoba.
Dioryctria batesella is a species of snout moth belonging to the genus of Dioryctria. It was described by Akira Mutuura and Herbert H. Neunzig in 1986 and is known from Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras.
Dioryctria cambiicola, the western pine moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914 and is found in North America from British Columbia and Alberta south to California and New Mexico.
Dioryctria cibriani is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Akira Mutuura and Herbert H. Neunzig in 1986 and is known from Mexico.
Dioryctria erythropasa is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914 and is found from Arizona south along the Mexican Pacific coast to Central America.
Dioryctria majorella is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1919 and is known from Mexico.
Dioryctria pinicolella is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1962 and is known from Central America, including Mexico and Guatemala.
Dioryctria rossi is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. This moth was discovered and named by Dr. Douglas Alexander Ross, chief entomologist at the Vernon forest entomology laboratory and research centre in Vernon, British Columbia, from 1950 to 1970. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1959. It is found in western North America, from southern British Columbia to northern Mexico and east to New Mexico.
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.
Dioryctria mendacella is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Staudinger in 1859, and is known from the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, France and Croatia, Greece and Cyprus.
Dioryctria pryeri, the splendid knot-horn moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Ragonot in 1893, and is known from Japan, Taiwan and China.
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.
Dioryctria taedae is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Schaber and Wood in 1971, and is known from Maryland to the south-eastern United States.
Dioryctria yiai is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Akira Mutuura and Eugene G. Munroe in 1972 and is known from Taiwan and China.
Dioryctria yuennanella is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Aristide Caradja in 1937 and is known from Yunnan, China.