Dioryctria pygmaeella explained

Dioryctria pygmaeella, the baldcypress coneworm moth, is a species of snout moth. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887 and is restricted to the coastal plains of the eastern United States and eastern Texas.[1]

There are up to three generations per year.

The larvae feed within the cones of Taxodium distichum and Taxodium ascendens.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Whitehouse . C.M. . Roe . A.D. . Strong . W.B. . Evenden . M.L. . Sperling . F.A.H. . Biology and management of North American cone-feeding Dioryctria species . The Canadian Entomologist . 2011 . 143 . 1 . 1–34 . 10.4039/n10-045.
  2. Web site: The Dioryctria (Pyralidae) species of Louisiana . PDF . 2011-12-16.

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