Cactoblastis bucyrus

Cactoblastis bucyrus
Scientific classification Edit this 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 Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1922, and is known from Argentina[1] (Tucumán, Tapia, Mendoza, Catamarca, Andalgalá).

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

References

  1. ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ^ Cactus Moths and Their Relatives


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