Eremberga leuconips
Eremberga leuconips is a species of snout moth in the genus Eremberga. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1925 and is found in the US states of Arizona and California.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Eremberga |
| Species: | E. leuconips |
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The wingspan is 27–37 mm for males and 26–37 mm for females. The palpi, head, thorax and forewings are grayish fuscous densely sprinkled with white, giving it a pale slate color.[2]
The larvae feed on Echinocereus polyacanthus.
References
- Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- The cactus-feeding Phycitinae: A contribution toward a revision of the American pyralidoid moths of the family Phycitidae Archived August 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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