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Tucumania porrecta

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Tucumania porrecta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Tucumania
Species:
T. porrecta
Binomial name
Tucumania porrecta
Dyar, 1925
Synonyms
  • Zophodia porrecta

Tucumania porrecta is a species of snout moth in the genus Tucumania. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1925. It is found in Uruguay.

The wingspan is 32–35 mm.

The larvae feed on Opuntia species.[1] The larvae are deep red or purple red with small dark spots. Pupation takes place in a cocoon within the excavated segments of the host plant.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Cactus Feeding Moths
  2. ^ Mann, John (1969). "Cactus-Feeding Insects and Mites". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (256): 1–158, 8 plates. doi:10.5479/si.03629236.256.1. hdl:10088/10142.