Species Details

ABH: 62.027

BF: 1455

Family: Pyralidae

Subfamily: Phycitinae

Taxon: Dioryctria simplicella

Authority: Heinemann, 1863

Vernacular: Drab Pine Knot-horn

Account: Local in pine woodland throughout much of England and Scotland The genus Dioryctria contains four closely related species in Britain, which require close examination to separate: D. simplicella is usually more uniformly grey in appearance than the other three species, exhibiting a reduction in contrast between the ground colour of the forewing and the paler cross-lines and discal spot. Larva feeds within young shoots of Scots Pine, Corsican Pine and Maritime 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: 24 — 30 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jun (2011) — 29 Sep (2013)

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

Foodplant: Pinus nigra (Austrian Pine / Corsican Pine), Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/dioryctria-simplicella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 20

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2015

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