Zophodia huanucensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Zophodia |
Species: | Z. huanucensis
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Binomial name | |
Zophodia huanucensis (
Heinrich, 1939)
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Zophodia huanucensis is a species of snout moth in the genus Zophodia. It was described by Carl Heinrich in 1939. It is found in Peru. [1]
The wingspan is about 45 mm. The forewings are grey with a brown shade and darker markings and the hindwings are almost wholly white.
The larvae feed on Opuntia ficus-indica. They feed on the fruit and occasionally the young growth. They are solitary feeders, which normally complete their development in one fruit, but sometimes two adjacent fruits are attacked by a single larva. The larvae are blue-green. Pupation takes place in a cocoon made within the hollowed-out fruit. [2]