Biology:Cahela
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Short description: Genus of moths
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| Genus: | Cahela |
| Species: | C. ponderosella
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Cahela is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Carl Heinrich in 1939. Its only species, Cahela ponderosella, the cahela moth, described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918, is found in Mexico and in the US states of California , Texas , Arizona, Utah and probably Nevada.[7]
Adults are on wing from March to June.
The larvae feed on the stems of Cylindropuntia species.
References
- ↑ Nuss, M. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
- ↑ Heinrich, Carl (1939). "The cactus-feeding Phycitinae: A contribution toward a revision of the American pyralidoid moths of the family Phycitidae". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 86 (3053): 361–363. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.86-3053.331. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7569324. Pl. 26, Figs. 13–13f; Pl. 38; Figs. 51–51a; Pl. 47, Figs. 102–102a, 103–103a.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Cahela Heinrich, 1939". http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/pyralidae/phycitinae/cahela/. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
- ↑ "800604 – 5977 – Cahela ponderosella – Cahela Moth – (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=5977. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
- ↑ Barnes, William; McDunnough, J. H. (1918). "Olyca ponderosella sp. nov.". Notes and New Species. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. 4 (2). Decatur, IL: Review Press. p. 175. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9947142. Pl. 22, Fig. 22.
- ↑ Dyar, Harrison G. (1928). "Notes on cactus moths allied to Melitara, with two new genera and one new species". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 30 (8): 136. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16196211.
- ↑ McLeod, Robin (April 24, 2014). "Species Cahela ponderosella - Cahela Moth - Hodges#5977". https://bugguide.net/node/view/135822. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
Further reading
- Heinrich, Carl (1956). "Genus Cabela Heinrich". American Months of the Subafamily Phycitinae. United States National Museum Bulletin. 207. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 247–248. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32377196. Figs. 539, 1027.
Wikidata ☰ Q5017392 entry
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