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Dioryctria tumicolella

Wikipedia Abstract

Dioryctria tumicolella 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, Canada, but is possibly present in all of north-western North America. The wingspan is 12.5–15 mm. Adults are black and white, with only a few brownish-red scales in the subbasal area. The larvae have been recorded feeding within blister rust (Peridermium) swellings on Pinus ponderosa.
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Prey / Diet

Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa 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