Zophodia substituta
Zophodia substituta is a species of snout moth in the genus Zophodia. It was described by Carl Heinrich in 1939. It is found in Peru.[1]
| Zophodia substituta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Zophodia |
| Species: | Z. substituta |
| Binomial name | |
| Zophodia substituta (Heinrich, 1939) | |
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The wingspan is about 36 mm. The forewings are light brown and the hindwings are white with a smoky suffusion.
The larvae feed on Cylindropuntia and possibly Echinopsis species. They feed in the stem of their host plant.[2] They are solitary feeders in the terminal segments of the host plant, where they hollow out a large cell. The larvae are green blue.[3]
References
- "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- Cactus Moths and their Relatives
- Mann, John (1969). "Cactus-Feeding Insects and Mites". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (256): 1–158, 8 plates. doi:10.5479/si.03629236.256.1. hdl:10088/10142.
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