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Dioryctria castanea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Dioryctria
Species:	D. castanea
Binomial name
Dioryctria castanea Bradley, 1969

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.

References

1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
2. 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.

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