Abstract:Dioryctria yiai Mutura et Munroe is an important insect pest damaging 2 -year-old cone of Pinus massoniana Lamb in China. The transfer damage of the overwintered larvae of the pest and its density estimate were studied on the basis of the reproductive charcteristics of the male flower of Pinus massoniana in seed or-chard.The results showed that on the 7 whorls crown of host trees,the overwintered larvae distributed principally to 2 - year - old cone of the 6th and 7th whorls, the rate of the cone damaged reached 53.6%, the percentage of the larvae reached 58.8% The larval damaged rate and the number of larvae increase with the increase of the inflorescence rate. The relationship between the darnaged rate of 2 - year - old cone (y1) , number of larvae (y2) and the male inflorescence rate (X) were estimated as y1=0.660+0.473X,y2=0.829+0.303X, respectively.