Cactoblastis bucyrus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Cactoblastis |
Species: | C. bucyrus
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Binomial name | |
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).
The larvae feed on Trichocereus, Echinopsis and Denmoza species.[2]