Cactoblastis bucyrus

Cactoblastis bucyrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Cactoblastis
Species: C. bucyrus
Binomial name
Cactoblastis bucyrus
Dyar, 1922[1]

Cactoblastis bucyrus is a species of snout moth in the genus Cactoblastis. It was described by Dyar in 1922, and is known from Argentina[1] (Tucumán, Tapia, Mendoza, Catamarca, Andalgalá).

The head, thorax and forewings of the males are darker than any other Cactoblastis species. The forewings have a few white scales. The hindwings are brownish fuscous in both sexes.

The larvae feed on Trichocereus, Echinopsis and Denmoza species.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. Cactus Moths and Their Relatives


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