Dioryctria merkeli
| Dioryctria merkeli | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Euarthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Dioryctria |
| Species: | D. merkeli |
| Binomial name | |
| Dioryctria merkeli Mutuura & Munroe, 1979[1] | |
Dioryctria merkeli, the loblolly pine coneworm moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Akira Mutuura and Eugene Gordon Munroe in 1979 and is found in the eastern United States] including Maryland, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida.
The larvae feed on Pinus species. They bore into the cambium of the trunk, branches and twigs of their host plant.[2]
References
- ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ↑ "The Moths of Maryland". Marylandmoths.com. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
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