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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 parasitoids , predators and pathogens control the expansion of the moths' population.
Melitara dentata, the North American cactus moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1876. It is native to western North America, where it is widespread from Alberta to southern Arizona and central Texas. It is an introduced species in Hawaii. Larva Damage on Opuntia cymochila
Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg, 1885) – South American cactus moth; Cactoblastis doddi Heinrich, 1939; Cactoblastis mundelli Heinrich, 1939; Cactoblastis ronnai ...
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Cactus Flower is a 1969 American screwball comedy film directed by Gene Saks, and starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman and Goldie Hawn, who won an Academy Award for her performance. The screenplay was adapted by I. A. L. Diamond from the 1965 Broadway play of the same name written by Abe Burrows , which, in turn, is based on the French play ...
The cactus is due to invade Yala National Park. [12] The opposite problem has been encountered in Texas, where Cactoblastis cactorum was first found in Brazoria County in 2017. This species of moth is highly destructive to this (and other) species of cactus native to the southern United States and northern Mexico. [13]
This plant, like other Opuntia species, is attacked by cactus moth. Other common names for this species, and ones which are now considered variants of this species, include plateau prickly-pear, New Mexico prickly-pear, and Kingman prickly-pear. The species is widespread, from California south to Mexico and the Southwest United States.
Cactobrosis fernaldialis, the blue cactus borer, is a species of snout moth in the genus Cactobrosis. It was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1886, and is found from Texas to southern California, where it inhabits deserts. The wingspan is 36–47 mm for males and 34–50 mm for females.