Cahela

Cahela
	Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Cahela; Heinrich, 1939
Species:	C. ponderosella
Binomial name
	Cahela ponderosella; (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
Synonyms
	Olyca ponderosella Barnes & McDunnough, 1918; Cactobrosis interstitialis Dyar, 1925; Cactobrosis pheonicis Dyar, 1925; Zophodia purgatoria Dyar, 1925; Cactobrosis (?) ponderosella Dyar, 1928;

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.

References

^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
^ Heinrich, Carl (1939). "The cactus-feeding Phycitinae: A contribution toward a revision of the American pyralidoid moths of the family Phycitidae". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 86 (3053): 361–363. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.86-3053.331. Pl. 26, Figs. 13–13f; Pl. 38; Figs. 51–51a; Pl. 47, Figs. 102–102a, 103–103a.
^ Savela, Markku. "Cahela Heinrich, 1939". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
^ "800604 – 5977 – Cahela ponderosella – Cahela Moth – (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)". Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
^ Barnes, William; McDunnough, J. H. (1918). "Olyca ponderosella sp. nov.". Notes and New Species. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. Vol. 4 (2). Decatur, IL: Review Press. p. 175. Pl. 22, Fig. 22.
^ Dyar, Harrison G. (1928). "Notes on cactus moths allied to Melitara, with two new genera and one new species". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 30 (8): 136.
^ McLeod, Robin (April 24, 2014). "Species Cahela ponderosella - Cahela Moth - Hodges#5977". BugGuide. Retrieved June 7, 2019.