Dioryctria mendacella

Dioryctria mendacella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pyralidae
Genus:Dioryctria
Species: D. mendacella
Binomial name
Dioryctria mendacella
Synonyms
  • Nephopterix mendacella Staudinger, 1859
  • Euzophera maritanella Millière, 1875

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.[2]

The wingspan is 28–31 mm.

The larvae feed within the cones of Pinus species, causing them to disintegrate before reaching maturity and thereby preventing seed production.

References

  1. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ↑ "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2011-12-16.



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