Laniifera cyclades

Larval specimens extracted from a nopal in Milpa Alta, Mexico City, Mexico.
Adult specimen with wings spread

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pyraloidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Pyraloidea

Familia: Crambidae
Subfamilia: Spilomelinae
Tribus: Asciodini
Genus: Laniifera
Species:

Name

Laniifera cyclades (Druce, 1895)

  • Original combination: Pachynoa cyclades Druce, 1895

Synonyms

  • Megastes cyclades (Druce, 1895)

References

Vernacular names

  • español: Gusano de nopal, gusano blanco de nopal, gusanillo de nopal
  • Nāhuatl: Citlalocuilin
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