Dioryctria dominguensis

Dioryctria dominguensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Dioryctria
Species:	D. dominguensis
Binomial name
	Dioryctria dominguensis; Neunzig, 1996[1]

Dioryctria dominguensis is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Herbert H. Neunzig in 1996 and is known from the Dominican Republic.

The length of the forewings is 13.5–16 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is fuscous, while the hindwings are pale fuscous, but darker along the veins and wing margins.[2]

The larvae possibly feed on Pinus occidentalis.

Etymology

The name is derived from the type locality and the Latin suffix -ensis (denoting place).

References

"GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
"New species of Phycitinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from the Dominican Republic" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2011-12-16.

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[Pyraloidea_db-1] "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 4, 2017.

[2] "New species of Phycitinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from the Dominican Republic" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2011-12-16.