Cactoblastis bucyrus

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

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).

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[]

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

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[Pyraloidea_db-1] "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.

[2] Cactus Moths and Their Relatives

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