Tucumania porrecta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Tucumania |
Species: | T. porrecta |
Binomial name | |
Tucumania porrecta Dyar, 1925 | |
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Tucumania porrecta is a species of snout moth in the genus Tucumania . It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1925. It is found in Uruguay.
The wingspan is 32–35 mm.
The larvae feed on Opuntia species. [1] The larvae are deep red or purple red with small dark spots. Pupation takes place in a cocoon within the excavated segments of the host plant. [2]