Dioryctria auranticella
Species of moth
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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.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Dioryctria |
| Species: | D. auranticella |
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| Dioryctria auranticella (Grote, 1883) | |
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Its wingspan is 10.5–14 mm. 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]
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