Dioryctria raoi

Dioryctria raoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species: D. raoi
Binomial name
Dioryctria raoi
Mutuura, 1971[1]

Dioryctria raoi is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Mutuura, in 1971, and is known from northern India.

The larvae feed on Pinus roxburghii and other Pinus species. They bore in the shoots of their host plant.[2]

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