Dioryctria ponderosae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Dioryctria |
Species: | D. ponderosae
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Binomial name | |
Dioryctria ponderosae Dyar, 1914
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Dioryctria ponderosae, the ponderosa twig moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914.[1][2][3] It is found in North America from Washington and Montana south to California and northern Mexico.
The larvae feed on Pinus ponderosa.[4]