Species Details

ABH: 62.025

BF: 1454b

Family: Pyralidae

Subfamily: Phycitinae

Taxon: Dioryctria sylvestrella

Authority: (Ratzeburg, 1840)

Vernacular: Chequered Pine Knot-horn

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in pine woodland in south-eastern England The genus Dioryctria contains four closely related species in Britain, which require close examination to separate: in D. sylvestrella the subterminal line is generally smooth with a single waved kink its mid-point, in the other three species this line is dentate from the mid-point to the dorsum. Larva feeds on Scots Pine, Maritime Pine and Corsican Pine.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 28 — 35 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 10 Jul (2010) — 10 Oct (2018)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant:

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/dioryctria-sylvestrella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 4

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2009

Latest Year: 2019

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