Dioryctria tumicolella explained

Dioryctria tumicolella is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Akira Mutuura, Eugene G. Munroe and Douglas Alexander Ross in 1969, and is known from British Columbia, Canada, but is possibly present in all of north-western North America.[1]

The wingspan is 12.5–15 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding within blister rust (Peridermium) swellings on Pinus ponderosa.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nuss . Matthias . Landry . Bernard . Mally . Richard . Vegliante . Francesca . Tränkner . Andreas . Bauer . Franziska . Hayden . James . Segerer . Andreas . Schouten . Rob . Li . Houhun . Trofimova . Tatiana . Solis . M. Alma . Maria Alma Solis . De Prins . Jurate . Speidel . Wolfgang . amp . 2003–2020 . GlobIZ search . Global Information System on Pyraloidea . November 17, 2020.
  2. Web site: Species Page - Dioryctria tumicolella . Entomology Collection . University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum . https://archive.today/20120729205733/http://www.entomology.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?s=4946 . July 29, 2012 . December 16, 2011 . live .

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