Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Dioryctria abietella

Dioryctria abietella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

dark pine knot-horn

on Picea, etc.

parasite

Larvae bore in the cones.

host plants

Pinaceae, oligophagous

Abies alba, nordmanniana, procera; Larix decidua; Picea abies, glauca.

According to Knölke not on Pinus nigra, pinaster, sylvestris.

phenology

Univoltine; hibernation als fully fed larva in the fallen cone.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

larva, pupa

Pictures on Lepiforum; see also Gómez de Alzpurúa, Patočka & Turčáni, Schmid.

notes

Larvae also in the galls of Sacchiphantes abietis (Knölke)..

references

Gómez de Alzpurúa (1997a), Kasy (1987a), Knölke (2007a), Lepiforum (2020), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Schmid (2019a), Schütze (1931a), Segerer & Pröse (1997a), Seifert, Wermelinger & Schneider (2003a), Skrzypczyńska (1982a), Thomann (1956a), Thomann, Standfuss & Müller-Rutz (1913a).

Last modified 8.ii.2023