Cactoblastis
Appearance
Cactoblastis | |
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Cactoblastis cactorum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Tribe: | Phycitini |
Genus: | Cactoblastis Ragonot, 1901[1][2] |
Synonyms | |
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Cactoblastis is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1901 and is known from Argentina, Peru, and Brazil.
Species
- Cactoblastis bucyrus Dyar, 1922
- Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg, 1885) – South American cactus moth
- Cactoblastis doddi Heinrich, 1939
- Cactoblastis mundelli Heinrich, 1939
- Cactoblastis ronnai (Brèthes, 1920)
References
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Cactoblastis Ragonot, 1901". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 21, 2017.