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Dioryctria auranticella, a Common card
Dioryctria auranticella, the ponderosa pineconeworm moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 40
- DEF
- 27
- Power
- 67
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180
Power 67 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Dioryctria auranticella quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dioryctria auranticella card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Its ______ is 10.5–14 mm.
Answer
wingspan. Its wingspan is 10.5–14 mm. From the Dioryctria auranticella article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in ____.
Answer
1880s. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1883. From the Dioryctria auranticella article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hystrichopus. Hystrichopus 50 · Biatora pontica 44 · Dioryctria auranticella 40 · Celithemis bertha 36 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1883.
- It is found in western North America from southern British Columbia south to California and Arizona, east to South Dakota and New Mexico.
- Its wingspan is 10.5–14 mm.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dioryctria auranticella article was read about 180 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 40 and blocks with 27: each hit it takes is cut by 11 %.
How to get Dioryctria auranticella
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The cards just above and just below Dioryctria auranticella in the power ranking, all domains together.
- James Greer McDonaldCommon · History · ATK 43 DEF 24
- William Z. DavisCommon · Society · ATK 43 DEF 24
- Celithemis berthaCommon · Nature · ATK 36 DEF 31
- RakůvkaCommon · Society · ATK 42 DEF 25
- The Palaeontological AssociationCommon · Society · ATK 46 DEF 21
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1711Common · Science · ATK 47 DEF 20
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Dioryctria auranticella (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ellyne Geurts, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
