Cahela

Cahela
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Cahela

Species:
C. ponderosella
Binomial name
Cahela ponderosella
Synonyms
  • Olyca ponderosella Barnes & McDunnough, 1918[5]
  • Cactobrosis interstitialis Dyar, 1925
  • Cactobrosis pheonicis Dyar, 1925
  • Zophodia purgatoria Dyar, 1925
  • Cactobrosis (?) ponderosella Dyar, 1928[6]

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.

  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Heinrich, 1939 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Savela, Markku. "Cahela Heinrich, 1939". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "800604 – 5977 – Cahela ponderosella – Cahela Moth – (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)". Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Barnes et al., 1918 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dyar, 1928 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ McLeod, Robin (April 24, 2014). "Species Cahela ponderosella - Cahela Moth - Hodges#5977". BugGuide. Retrieved June 7, 2019.