Cactoblastis bucyrus

Species of moth

Cactoblastis bucyrus

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Pyralidae
Genus:  | Cactoblastis
Species:  |

C. bucyrus

Binomial name
Cactoblastis bucyrus

Dyar, 1922[1]

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]

## References

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

Taxon identifiers

Cactoblastis bucyrus|

* Wikidata: Q5016119
* CoL: P6S3
* EoL: 361599
* GBIF: 1870533
* IRMNG: 11353133
* LepIndex: 9342
* NCBI: 2777302
* Open Tree of Life: 3153764

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