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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Dioryctria » Blister Coneworm - Hodges#5863.1 (Dioryctria clarioralis)

Species Dioryctria clarioralis - Blister Coneworm - Hodges#5863.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)
Subfamily Phycitinae
Tribe Phycitini
Genus Dioryctria
Species clarioralis (Blister Coneworm - Hodges#5863.1)
Hodges Number
5863.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
brunneella - (Dyar, 1904) invalid junior synonym
Size
Adults wingspan is 22-29mm(1)
Larvae are about 18mm(1)
Range
Throughout the south(1)
Food
Buds, conelets, and cones of longleaf, slash, loblolly, and shortleaf pines.(1)
Life Cycle
Overwinter as larvae in conelets.(1)
Pupations takes place inside hollowed-out cones or conelets or in silken cocoons.(1)
3 generations per year(1)
Remarks
A characteristic of this species is the presence of resin-coated silk over the entrance hole in which ejected frass is accumulated.(1)
Cone damage is nearly identical to that caused by D. zimmermani(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Moths of Maryland
Forestry Images
Works Cited
1.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 27 July, 2008 - 11:37pm
Additional contributions by Marci Hess, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 26 August, 2023 - 1:52pm

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