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Dioryctria contortella

Wikipedia Abstract

Dioryctria contortella is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Mutuura, Munroe and Ross, in 1969, and is known from British Columbia, Alberta and Washington. Adults have black and white forewings with a reddish-brown basal area. The larvae bore galleries in blister rust swelling caused by Peridermium species on Pinus contorta.
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Prey / Diet

Pinus contorta (Lodgepole pine)[1]

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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
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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