Dioryctria resinosella

Dioryctria • Pyralidae • Pyraloidea • Lepidoptera • Insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

Dioryctria resinosella damage on Pinus resinosa shoot (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Steven Katovich, USDA Forest Service
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Dioryctria resinosella Mutuura, 1982 - (red pine shoot moth)

The larvae feed on the shoots of pine trees and can cause serious damage in North America.

Publications covering Dioryctria resinosella

Environmental Entomology (1993) 22, 154-161
G.G. Grant, S.A. Katovich, D.J. Hall, D.A. Lombardo and K.N.S.A. Lessor (1993)
Sex pheromone identification and trapping of Dioryctria resinosella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Environmental Entomology (1985) 14, 545-551
J.H. Hainze and D.M. Benjamin (1985)
Partial life tables for the red pine shoot moth, Dioryctria resinosella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), in Wisconsin red-pine plantations

• Other images of Dioryctria resinosella (Wikimedia Commons - click to enlarge)
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  pitch tube on Pinus resinosa shoot

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  larva