Cactoblastis bucyrus

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).

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]

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



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