Dioryctria contortella is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Akira Mutuura, Eugene G. Munroe and Douglas Alexander Ross in 1969, and is known in North America from British Columbia, Alberta and Washington.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Dioryctria |
| Species: | D. contortella
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| Dioryctria contortella | |
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.[2]
References
edit- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Species Page - Dioryctria contortella". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Archived from the original on November 3, 2019.