title: Pitch moth
text: # Pitch moth
  
  The term pitch moth refers to certain small moths whose caterpillars feed on pines. The feeding action causes the pine tree to shed its resin, which forms pitch-like masses on and under the tree. There are several species of "pitch moths" and not all are closely related:
  
  ## In the clearwing moth family (Sesiidae)
  
  * Synanthedon pini (pitch mass borer)
  * Synanthedon sequoiae (sequoia pitch moth)
  
  ## In the snout moth family (Pyralidae)
  
  * Dioryctria amatella (southern pine coneworm)
  