Dioryctria yatesi
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Dioryctria yatesi, the mountain pine coneworm, is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Mutuura and Munroe in 1979, and is limited to the mountains of the coastal south-eastern United States and Tennessee.[2]
The larvae feed on Pinus pungens. They bore the cones of their host plant.[3]
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