Alberada bidentella

Alberada bidentella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Alberada
Species:
A. bidentella
Binomial name
Alberada bidentella
(Dyar, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Zophodia bidentella Dyar, 1908
  • Eumysia bidentella
  • Zophodia holochlora Dyar, 1925

Alberada bidentella is a species of snout moth in the genus Alberada. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1908, and is known from the south-western United States from Texas westward.[2]

The wingspan is 20–24 mm for males and 19–23 mm for females.[3]

The larvae feed within the stem of Cylindropuntia species.[4]

References

  1. ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  2. ^ Bug Guide
  3. ^ The cactus-feeding Phycitinae: A contribution toward a revision of the American pyralidoid moths of the family Phycitidae Archived 2014-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Potential and Risks of Biological Control of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in North America


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