Dioryctria abietella
Species of moth
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Dioryctria abietella is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in Europe.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Dioryctria |
| Species: | D. abietella |
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| Dioryctria abietella | |
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The wingspan is 27–33 mm.The forewings are fuscous, irrorated with whitish and dark fuscous; first and second lines whitish, dark-edged, waved, nearly parallel, hardly oblique; two darker shades rather before and beyond first line, not reaching costa; a small whitish discal spot, suffusedly darker-edged. Hindwings in male whitish-fuscous, in female light fuscous, darker terminally. Larva dark grey or reddish-brown; dorsal line double, pale; lateral and spiracular lines pale; head and plate of 2 dark brown: in shoots of Pinus sylvestris, not causing resinous exudation.[2][3][4][5]
The moth flies in one generation from the end of May to September.
The caterpillars feed on pine and other conifers.
Notes
- ^The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
