Dioryctria auranticella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species:
D. auranticella
Binomial name
Dioryctria auranticella
(Grote, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Nephopteryx auranticella Grote, 1883
  • Dioryctria miniatella Ragonot, 1887
  • Dioryctria xanthoenobares Dyar, 1911

Dioryctria auranticella, the ponderosa pineconeworm moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1883.[1][2][3] It is found in western North America[4] from southern British Columbia south to California and Arizona, east to South Dakota and New Mexico.

Its wingspan is 10.5–14 mm. The forewings are orange and the hindwings are white. Adults are on wing from mid-July to early August.

The larvae feed on Pinus ponderosa and Pinus attenuata. They generally feed in the cones of their host plant, but occasionally feed on the twigs.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dioryctria Zeller, 1846". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  3. ↑ "800413.00 – 5846 – Dioryctria auranticella – Ponderosa Pineconeworm Moth – (Grote, 1883)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ Murray, Tom (December 22, 2008). "Species Dioryctria auranticella - Ponderosa Pine Coneworm Moth - Hodges#5846". BugGuide. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Species Page - Dioryctria aurenticella ". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017.


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