62.025 BF1454b  -  Pyralidae -  Phycitinae - Dioryctria sylvestrella - Chequered Pine Knot-horn - (Ratzeburg, 1840) Adult Micro:  CAT 3 - Very Rare/Scarce/Migrant/Adventive - confusion with leaf mines       PDF Icon - click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon - click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Brown -  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant        orange - Migrant
Taxonomy:   Micro  >> . >>  Pyralidae
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Other Name/s: New Pine Knot-horn ID Difficulty:  amber  - care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely - quality photographs required.
Confusion Species:  Dioryctria abietella (Pine Knot-horn); Dioryctria schuetzeella (Spruce Knot-horn); Dioryctria simplicella(Drab Pine Knot-horn):
ID pointers: A smoothly curved sub-terminal line helps to distinguish this from other similar species, of which there are four Dioryctria species occurring in Britain and this is also generally the largest of the four.
Distribution:  (Last record: 22/07/2016 at Rosliston Forest Centre, Swadlincote )  -  DaNES records 4 prior to 2010 and one from Rosliston Forest Centre, Swadlincote 22/7/2016:
Flight Period: July /  August /  September /  -  As this is a migrant the species flies abroad during July – September Photographed: No -  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 31 March 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 28-35mm
Food Plant: Pine
Last Recorded Date: 22/07/2016
Last Recorded Year: 2016
Last Recorded By - DaNES
Last Recorded General Area - Rosliston Forest Centre, Swadlincote

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