Dioryctria mendacella
Dioryctria mendacella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Dioryctria |
Species: | D. mendacella |
Binomial name | |
Dioryctria mendacella (Staudinger, 1859)[1] | |
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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
- ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
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