Echinocereta

Echinocereta is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Herbert H. Neunzig in 1997. The genus contains only one species, Echinocereta strigalis, described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912, which is found in the US states of Arizona, California, Texas,[2] Utah and in Mexico.

Echinocereta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Echinocereta

Neunzig, 1997[1]
Species:
E. strigalis
Binomial name
Echinocereta strigalis
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Euzophera strigalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
  • Zophodia strigalis
  • Cactobrosis strigalis

The wingspan is 30–43 mm for males and 33–44 mm for females.[3]

The larvae feed on Echinocereus species,[4] including Echinocereus pectinatus.

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  2. "800589.00 – 5991 – Echinocereta strigalis – (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  3. The cactus-feeding Phycitinae: A contribution toward a revision of the American pyralidoid moths of the family Phycitidae Archived August 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Phylogeny of the cactus-feeding phycitines and their relatives (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) based on adult morphology: Evaluation of adult character-systems in phycitine systematics and evidence for a single origin of Cactaceae-feeding larvae


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