Dioryctria peyerimhoffi

Dioryctria peyerimhoffi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species: D. peyerimhoffi
Binomial name
Dioryctria peyerimhoffi
Joannis, 1921[1]

Dioryctria peyerimhoffi is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Joannis in 1921, and is known from Algeria and Morocco.

The larvae feed on Cedrus atlantica.[2] They mine the young cones of their host plant.

References

  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. Entomological research in Mediterranean forest ecosystems. 2002-05-11. Retrieved 2011-12-16 via Google Books.


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