Dioryctria peyerimhoffi

(Dioryctria peyerimhoffi)

Description

Dioryctria peyerimhoffi is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Joseph de Joannis in 1921 and is known from Algeria and Morocco. The larvae feed on Cedrus atlantica. They mine the young cones of their host plant.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Family:Pyralidae

Genus:Dioryctria

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