Cactoblastis mundelli
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Cactoblastis mundelli is a species of snout moth
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera...

 in the genus Cactoblastis
Cactoblastis
Cactoblastis is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Ragonot, in 1901, and is known from Argentina, Peru, and Brazil.-Species:* Cactoblastis bucyrus Dyar, 1922* Cactoblastis cactorum * Cactoblastis doddi Heinrich, 1939...

. It was described by Heinrich in 1939, and is known from Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

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Male have dull white hindwings with a faint smoky tint. The forewings have an ocherous suffusion.

The larvae feed on Austroylindropuntia subulata.
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