Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pyralidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Cactoblastis | |
Cactoblastis mundelli is a species of snout moth in the genus Cactoblastis. It was described by Heinrich in 1939, and is known from Peru.
Male have dull white hindwings with a faint smoky tint. The forewings have an ocherous suffusion.
The larvae feed on Austrocylindropuntia subulata.
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