Dioryctria caesirufella
| Dioryctria caesirufella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Dioryctria |
| Species: | D. caesirufella
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| Binomial name | |
| Dioryctria caesirufella A. Blanchard & Knudson, 1983[1]
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Dioryctria caesirufella is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by André Blanchard and Edward C. Knudson in 1983 and is known from the US state of Texas.
The length of the forewings is 7.2–10.4 mm for males and 8.3–10.5 mm for females. The forewings have a bluish-grey groundcolour with reddish dusting. The hindwings are ochreous grey and darker along the outer margin.[2]
The larvae possibly feed on Taxodium distichum.
References
[edit]- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
- ^ "A New Species of Dioryctria Zeller (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) From Texas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2011-12-16.