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Dioryctria merkeli
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Dioryctria
Species:	D. merkeli
Binomial name
Dioryctria merkeli Mutuura & Munroe, 1979

Dioryctria merkeli, the loblolly pine coneworm moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Akira Mutuura and Eugene G. Munroe in 1979 and is found in the eastern United States including Maryland, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida.

The larvae feed on Pinus species. They bore into the cambium of the trunk, branches and twigs of their host plant.

References

1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
2. "The Moths of Maryland". Marylandmoths.com. Retrieved 2011-12-16.

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