Pine moth


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(Zool.) any one of several species of small tortricid moths of the genus Retinia, whose larvæ burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often doing great damage.

See also: Pine

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Interspecific relations among three hymenopterous egg parasites of the pine moth, Dendrolimus spectabilis Butler (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) in the Japanese black pine forest.
Evidencia de competencia por explotacion entre parasitoides de huevos de Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) en el maiz
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