Eremberga leuconips

Eremberga leuconips
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Eremberga
Species:	E. leuconips
Binomial name
	Eremberga leuconips; (Dyar, 1925)[1]
Synonyms
	Cactobrosis leuconips Dyar, 1925; Zophodia leuconips;

Eremberga leuconips is a species of snout moth in the genus Eremberga. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1925 and is found in the US states of Arizona and California.

The wingspan is 27–37 mm for males and 26–37 mm for females. The palpi, head, thorax and forewings are grayish fuscous densely sprinkled with white, giving it a pale slate color.[2]

The larvae feed on Echinocereus polyacanthus.

References

Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
The cactus-feeding Phycitinae: A contribution toward a revision of the American pyralidoid moths of the family Phycitidae Archived August 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University

[2] The cactus-feeding Phycitinae: A contribution toward a revision of the American pyralidoid moths of the family Phycitidae Archived August 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine