Pyralidae : Phycitinae
Dioryctria abietella
DIORYCTRIA abietella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Dioryctria abietella
DIORYCTRIA abietella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Dark Pine Knot-horn
Wingspan: 27-33mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe to Russia
UK Distribution: Occasional Immigrant - Naturalised - common and widespread throughout the British isles and southern Ireland, around coastal region
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Gardens : Heathland : Conifer woodland
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: There are four species in the Dioryctria genus and all need very close examination to separate.This moth is silvery grey with mottled markings and a silvery grey cross-line at about one third from the base adjacent to a reddish patch.The subterminal line is dentate fro half way to the dorson as opposed to the similar species which has a single"dog tooth" marking before running smooth to the dorsum.Behind the antemedial line is a dark grey patch from the kidney shaped silvery grey spot to the dorsum.
Moth numbers are usually increased every year by migrants from mainland Europe.
The moth is attracted to light and is found often at the moth trap.
Wingspan: 27-33mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe to Russia
UK Distribution: Occasional Immigrant - Naturalised - common and widespread throughout the British isles and southern Ireland, around coastal region
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = >300 10Km Squares
- Tinea abietella ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
- Tinea abietella ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
- Austria - near Vienna
Habitat: Gardens : Heathland : Conifer woodland
Similar Species -
- Dioryctria sylvestrella (Ratzeburg, 1840)
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: There are four species in the Dioryctria genus and all need very close examination to separate.This moth is silvery grey with mottled markings and a silvery grey cross-line at about one third from the base adjacent to a reddish patch.The subterminal line is dentate fro half way to the dorson as opposed to the similar species which has a single"dog tooth" marking before running smooth to the dorsum.Behind the antemedial line is a dark grey patch from the kidney shaped silvery grey spot to the dorsum.
Moth numbers are usually increased every year by migrants from mainland Europe.
The moth is attracted to light and is found often at the moth trap.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website
where further information like photos,physical
characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal
uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
- Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Pinaceae - Pine Family
- Abies alba - Silver Fir
- Abies pindrow - West Himalayan Fir
- Abies procera - Noble Fir
- Abies spectabalis - Himalayan Fir
- Cedrus deodara - Deodar Cedar
- Larix decidua - Larch
- Picea abies - Norway Spruce
- Picea glauca - White Spruce
- Picea mariana - Black Spruce
- Picea smithiana - Morinda Spruce
- Pinus gerardiana - Chilghoza Pine
- Pinus kesiya - Khasi Pine
- Pinus markusii - Sumatran Pine
- Pinus mugo - Dwarf Mountain Pine
- Pinus palustris - Pitch Pine, Longleaf pine, Southern Pine
- Pinus radiata - Monterey Pine
- Pinus roxburghii - Chir Pine
- Pinus sylvestris - Scot's Pine
- Pseudotsuga menziesii - Douglas Fir
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Pinaceae - Tsuga - Hemlock, Larix - Pine
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Tribe: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - DIORYCTRIA: Original Species Name: Species Names: Literary Ref: Type Locality |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Pyralidae Phycitinae Phycitini DIORYCTRIA Zeller, 1846 Dioryctria abietella ([Denis & Schiffermuuller],1775) - Tinea abietella ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775) - TINEA abietella ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775) = reniculella (Grote, 1880) = elegantella (Hulst, 1892) = Dioryctria abietivorella (Grote, 1878) - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend : Title Page : p.138 - n.16 - Austria - near Vienna |