Cactobrosis fernaldialis
Species of moth
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Cactobrosis fernaldialis, the blue cactus borer, is a species of snout moth in the genus Cactobrosis. It was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1886, and is found from Texas to southern California, where it inhabits deserts.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Cactobrosis |
| Species: | C. fernaldialis |
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| Cactobrosis fernaldialis | |
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The wingspan is 36–47 mm for males and 34–50 mm for females.[2][3] Adults are on wing from late March to April and again from July to November.
The larvae feed on Ferocactus wislizeni.[4]
