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Alberada bidentella

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Alberada bidentella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Alberada
Species: A. bidentella
Binomial name
Alberada bidentella
(Dyar, 1908)
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.

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

The larvae feed within the stem of Cylindropuntia species.

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
Taxon identifiers
Alberada bidentella


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