Alberada bidentella

Alberada bidentella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
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

↑ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
↑ Bug Guide
↑ 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
↑ "Potential and Risks of Biological Control of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in North America" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2012-01-26.

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[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" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2012-01-26.