Dioryctria castanea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Dioryctria |
Species: | D. castanea
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Binomial name | |
Dioryctria castanea Bradley, 1969[1]
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Dioryctria castanea is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by John David Bradley in 1969 and is known from India.
Adults have a distinctive purplish or reddish chestnut brown coloration of the forewings.
Larvae have been reared on Pinus kesiya.[2]