''Cactoblastis'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by

Émile Louis Ragonot Émile Louis Ragonot (12 October 1843 – 13 October 1895) was a French entomologist. In 1885, he became president of the ''Société entomologique de France''. He named 301 new genera of butterflies and moths, mostly pyralid moths. He is als ...

in 1901 and is known from

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Species

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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 Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República ...

'' Dyar, 1922 * ''

Cactoblastis cactorum ''Cactoblastis cactorum'', the cactus moth, South American cactus moth or nopal moth, is native to Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil. It is one of five species in the genus '' Cactoblastis'' that inhabit South America, where many pa ...

'' (Berg, 1885) – South American cactus moth * ''

Cactoblastis doddi ''Cactoblastis doddi'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Cactoblastis''. It was described by Carl Heinrich in 1939 and is known from Argentina, along the eastern edge and foothills of the Andes from Mendoza to the northern boundary Argen ...

'' Heinrich, 1939 * ''

Cactoblastis mundelli ''Cactoblastis mundelli'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Cactoblastis''. It was described by Carl Heinrich in 1939 and is known from Peru. Males have dull white hindwings with a faint smoky tint. The forewings have an ocherous suffusi ...

'' Heinrich, 1939 * ''

Cactoblastis ronnai ''Cactoblastis ronnai'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Cactoblastis''. It was described by Juan Brèthes in 1920 and is known from Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is th ...

'' ( Brèthes, 1920)

References

Phycitini Pyralidae genera Taxa named by Émile Louis Ragonot {{phycitini-stub