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
larva, pupa
Pictures on Lepiforum; see also Gómez de Alzpurúa, Patočka & Turčáni.
notes
Larvae also in the galls of Sacchiphantes abietis (Knölke)..
references
Gómez de Alzpurúa (1997a), Kasy (1987a), Knölke (2007a), Lepiforum (2020), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Schütze (1931a), Segerer & Pröse (1997a), Seifert, Wermelinger & Schneider (2003a), Skrzypczyńska (1982a), Thomann (1956a), Thomann, Standfuss & Müller-Rutz (1913a).