This study compared several biological parameters of native cactus moth, Melitara prodenialis, reared on an artificial versus the natural diet of Opuntia spp. cladodes. Results suggest that the ...

THIBODAUX, La. - A South American moth that eats prickly pear cactus has moved into Louisiana, and federal biologists say it must be stopped before it reaches Texas. Cactus moths were known to be ...

The invasive cactus borer Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) now cooccurs with a species of borer native to North America, Melitara prodenialis Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), in ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An invasive insect with a wingspan of only an inch or so has the potential to wreak havoc on Texas’ native prickly pear cacti. Researchers with the University of Texas at Austin say ...

The prickly pear cactus — a rugged and at times cursed symbol of the American Southwest — continues to be threatened by a foreign pest that scientists fear will be much more difficult to contain if it ...

The nopal, also known as the prickly pear cactus, is more than just another succulent in the desert landscape of Mexico and the U.S. Southwest -- it's also a significant food source. Now an invasive ...

State agriculture inspector Laura Ooms knew at first glance something was seriously wrong with a couple of prickly pear cactus plants in the garden section of a Wal-Mart store in this Pensacola suburb ...

Workers cut down diseased nopal plants on Isla Mujeres to try and stop the spread of the moth to the mainland, just six miles across the ocean. In the town of Milpa Alta near Mexico City, Abrahm Avila ...

A moth with a big appetite that once chomped its way through huge swaths of cacti in Australia has landed in Mexico, where the spiky plant is a favourite foodstuff and major agricultural product.

GULF BREEZE, Fla -- -- State agriculture inspector Laura Ooms knew at first glance something was seriously wrong with a couple of prickly pear cactus plants she found in a store's garden section.

It's not a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket -- unless you're a senita moth. Found in the parched Sonoran desert, the moths have a rare, mutually dependent relationship with senita cacti, ...