Dioryctria abietella, Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

Tsvetkov, Eugene, 2020, Narrow-winged pyralids (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae) of Leningrad Province and the city of St. Petersburg, Russia, Zootaxa 4890 (3), pp. 361-374 : 366-367

Dioryctria abietella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

( Fixsen 1849; Sievers 1852, 1856, 1858, 1863; Erschoff 1880; Kawrigin 1894; J̹rivete et al. 2000)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. 1 ♀, Olshanik, 16.viii.2012; 1 Ƌ, Volochaevka, 8.viii.2015.

REMARKS. D. abietella was also observed in Khyul’gyuzi (20.vii.2015), Luga (23.vii.2015) and A. Petrovoj, (29.

vii.2012). It is a common species of woodland which prefers forest edges, well heated places: river valleys, fields, clearings etc. Imagoes actively migrate in open habitats.

DISTRIBUTION. Europe (middle belt and the northern areas), Caucasus, Siberia, Russian Far East, Korea, Japan ( Sinev 1986; Karsholt & Razowski 1996; Leraut 2014; Aarvik et al. 2017; Sinev et al. 2019).