Cactoblastis mundelli

Cactoblastis mundelli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
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 Austrocylindropuntia subulata.[2]

References

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



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