Cactoblastis mundelli

Cactoblastis mundelli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Cactoblastis
Species: C. mundelli
Binomial name
Cactoblastis mundelli
Heinrich, 1939[1]

Cactoblastis mundelli is a species of snout moth in the genus Cactoblastis. It was described by Heinrich in 1939, and is known from Peru.[1]

Male have dull white hindwings with a faint smoky tint. The forewings have an ocherous suffusion.

The larvae feed on Austroylindropuntia subulata.[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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