Dioryctria ponderosae

Dioryctria ponderosae
Dioryctria ponderosae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species: D. ponderosae
Binomial name
Dioryctria ponderosae
Dyar, 1914[1][2][3]

The Ponderosa Twig Moth (Dioryctria ponderosae) is a species of moth of the Pyralidae family. It is found from Washington and Montana south to California and northern Mexico.

The forewings are black with some reddish scales in the basal, subbasal and terminal areas. There is a white discocellular spot, which contrasts strongly with the forewing.

The larvae feed on Pinus ponderosa. They bore in the cambium under the bark of the host plant, producing pitch masses on the trunk.[4]

Gallery

  • Larva

  • Pupa

References

  1. ^ "globiz.pyraloidea.org". globiz.pyraloidea.org. http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fPages%2fReports%2fTaxonomyReport.aspx. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  2. ^ "Dioryctria at funet". Nic.funet.fi. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/pyralidae/phycitinae/dioryctria/index.html. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  3. ^ "mothphotographersgroup". Mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=5850. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  4. ^ "University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum". Entomology.ualberta.ca. http://www.entomology.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?s=4938. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
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