Cactoblastis bucyrus
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| Cactoblastis bucyrus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Cactoblastis |
| Species: | C. bucyrus |
| 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]
