''Cactoblastis'' is a genus of
snout moths. It was described by
Émile Louis Ragonot
Émile Louis Ragonot (12 October 1843 – 13 October 1895) was a French entomologist. In 1885, he became president of the ''Société entomologique de France''.
He named 301 new genera of butterflies and moths, mostly Pyralidae, pyralid moths.
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in 1901 and is known from
Argentina
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,
Peru
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, and
Brazil
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.
Species
* ''
Cactoblastis bucyrus''
Dyar, 1922
* ''
Cactoblastis cactorum
''Cactoblastis cactorum'', the cactus moth, South American cactus moth or nopal moth, is native to Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil. It is one of five species in the genus ''Cactoblastis'' that inhabit South America, where many par ...
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(Berg, 1885) – South American cactus moth
* ''
Cactoblastis doddi''
Heinrich, 1939
* ''
Cactoblastis mundelli''
Heinrich, 1939
* ''
Cactoblastis ronnai''
( Brèthes, 1920)
References
Phycitini
Pyralidae genera
Taxa named by Émile Louis Ragonot
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