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Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 5614288

cactus moth (Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg)) (Berg)

Photographer:
Rebekah D. Wallace
Descriptor:
Larva(e)
Image view:
Dorsal / Abaxial / Back
Image type:
Field
Host:
pricklypear/cholla (Opuntia spp. P. Mill.)

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Image location:
United States, Florida, Okaloosa

Subject

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Pyraloidea
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Tribe: Phycitini
Genus: Cactoblastis
Subject: Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg)

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia
Subject: Opuntia spp. P. Mill.
Node Affiliation:
Bugwood - UGA
Image uploaded:
Friday, February 4, 2022
Image last updated:
Friday, November 22, 2024