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Name - Melitara dentata

Name Details

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:250007 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Species

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Animalia (Kingdom)
Arthropoda (Phylum)
Insecta (Class)
Lepidoptera (Order)
Glossata (Suborder)
Heteroneura (Infraorder)
Pyraloidea (Superfamily)
Pyralidae (Family)

References

Recent Publications

  • New host record for the blue cactus borer (Melitara dentata Grote).
  • Blue cactus borer infestation levels in three west Texas habitats.
  • Indirect versus direct effects of grasses on growth of a cactus (Opuntia fragilis): insect herbivory versus competition.
  • Interaction of diffuse competition and insect herbivory in limiting brittle prickly pear cactus, Opuntia fragilis (Cactaceae).
  • The cactus moth, Melitara dentata (Grote), and its effect on Opuntia macrorrhiza in western Kansas.

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