''Cactoblastis doddi'' is a species of
snout moth in the genus ''
Cactoblastis
''Cactoblastis'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1901 and is known from Argentina, Peru, and Brazil.
Species
* ''Cactoblastis bucyrus'' Dyar, 1922
* ''Cactoblastis cactorum'' (Berg, 1885) – South Amer ...
''. It was described by
Carl Heinrich in 1939 and is known from
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
,
along the eastern edge and foothills of the Andes from
Mendoza to the northern boundary Argentina, and probably into southern
Bolivia
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.
The larvae feed on ''
Opuntia sulphurea
''Opuntia sulpurea'' falls under the ''Opuntia
''Opuntia'', commonly called prickly pear or pear cactus, is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae. Prickly pears are also known as ''tuna'' (fruit), ''sabra'', ''nopal'' (pa ...
'' and ''
Opuntia ficus-indica''.
Cactus Moths and Their Relatives
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References
Phycitini
Moths described in 1939
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