Dioryctria assamensis

Dioryctria assamensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Dioryctria
Species:	D. assamensis
Binomial name
	Dioryctria assamensis; Mutuura, 1971

Dioryctria assamensis is a species of snout moth. It was described by Akira Mutuura in 1971^[1]^[2] and is known from Assam, India,^[1]^[3] from which its species epithet is derived.

The larvae feed on Pinus khasya. They bore in the shoots of their host plant.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
^ "Dioryctria assamensis Mutuura, 1971". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.199. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b Mutuura, Akira (1971). "Two new species of Dioryctria (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from India". The Canadian Entomologist. 103 (8): 1169–1174. doi:10.4039/Ent1031169-8.

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