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Species Dioryctria baumhoferi - Hodges#5860

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 baumhoferi (Dioryctria baumhoferi - Hodges#5860)

Hodges Number

5860

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dioryctria baumhoferi Heinrich, 1956 (1)

Numbers

There are more than 40 species of the genus Dioryctria in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Heinrich (1956) listed the wingspan as 25-28 mm. (1)

Range

California and Arizona to Washington.

Holotype ♂ from Prescott, Arizona. (1)

Season

The main flight period appears to be June to August. (2)

Food

Heinrich (1956) stated the larvae feed on the new growth of Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa pine). (1)

Print References

Heinrich, C., 1956. American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 207: 157; figs. 391, 881. (1)

Neunzig, H.H., 2003. ThemMoths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.5. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 176; pl. 6.24-25. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Works Cited

1.	American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae Carl Heinrich. 1956. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 1-581.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 15.5. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae H. H. Neunzig. 2003. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 November, 2013 - 9:37pm

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