Dioryctria taedae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Dioryctria |
Species: | D. taedae
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Binomial name | |
Dioryctria taedae Schaber & Wood, 1971[1]
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Dioryctria taedae is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Schaber and Wood in 1971, and is known from Maryland to the south-eastern United States.
The length of the forewings is about 12 mm.[2] There are two generations per year, with adults on wing in late August and again in early October.
The larvae feed on Pinus taeda.[3]