Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pyralidae > Dioryctria > Dioryctria cambiicola

Dioryctria cambiicola (Western Pine Moth)

Synonyms: Pinipestis cambiicola

Wikipedia Abstract

Dioryctria cambiicola, the western pine moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Dyar in 1914, and is found from British Columbia and Alberta south to California and New Mexico. The forewings are reddish-brown, while the hindwings are dusky brown. The larvae feed on Pinus ponderosa and Pinus contorta. They bore in the cambium under the bark and occasionally in twigs, buds and at the base of cones.
View Wikipedia Record: Dioryctria cambiicola

Prey / Diet

Pinus coulteri (Bigcone pine)[1]
Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa pine)[1]
Pinus resinosa (Norway pine)[1]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0