Dioryctria yatesi explained

Dioryctria yatesi, the mountain pine coneworm, is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Akira Mutuura and Eugene G. Munroe in 1979 and is limited to the mountains of the coastal south-eastern United States and Tennessee.[1]

The larvae feed on Pinus pungens. They bore the cones of their host plant.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biology and management of North American cone-feeding Dioryctria species . https://archive.today/20120712171034/http://pubs.esc-sec.ca/doi/abs/10.4039/n10-045 . dead . 2012-07-12 . Pubs.esc-sec.ca . 2011-04-05 . 2011-12-16.
  2. Web site: Table Mountain Pine - Pinus pungens . Cirrusimage.com . 2011-12-16.

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