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Family: Pyralidae   Checklist Number: 62.028

Dioryctria abietella  ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Pine Knot-horn

Rare, first recorded in the Outer Hebrides in 2010 with just two subsequent records. The flight period is June to September. It's a specialist conifer feeder, including the plantation species Norway spruce (Picea abies

References: 
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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