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Zophodia nephelepasa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pyralidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Zophodia

Zophodia nephelepasa is a species of snout moth in the genus Zophodia. It was described by Dyar in 1919. It is found in Mexico.

There are probably two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Opuntia species, including Opuntia tomentosa, Opuntia streptacantha, Opuntia robusta and Opuntia cantabrigiensis species.

References

Zophodia nephelepasa Wikipedia


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