Zophodia substituta

Zophodia substituta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Zophodia
Species:	Z. substituta
Binomial name
	Zophodia substituta; (Heinrich, 1939)
Synonyms
	Nanaia substituta Heinrich, 1939;

Zophodia substituta 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 36 mm. The forewings are light brown and the hindwings are white with a smoky suffusion.

The larvae feed on Cylindropuntia and possibly Echinopsis species. They feed in the stem of their host plant.[2] They are solitary feeders in the terminal segments of the host plant, where they hollow out a large cell. The larvae are green blue.[3]

References

"GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
Cactus Moths and their Relatives
Mann, John (1969). "Cactus-Feeding Insects and Mites". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (256): 1–158, 8 plates. doi:10.5479/si.03629236.256.1. hdl:10088/10142.

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[2] Cactus Moths and their Relatives

[3] Mann, John (1969). "Cactus-Feeding Insects and Mites". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (256): 1–158, 8 plates. doi:10.5479/si.03629236.256.1. hdl:10088/10142.