Dioryctria castanea
| Dioryctria castanea | |
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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. 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]
References[edit]
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ J. D. Bradley (1969). "A new species of Dioryctria Zeller (Lep., Pyralidae) on Pinus kesiya in Assam, N.E. India". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 59. Journals.cambridge.org: 125–127. doi:10.1017/S0007485300003114. Retrieved 2011-12-16.