Echinocereta is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Herbert H. Neunzig in 1997. The genus contains only one species, Echinocereta strigalis, described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912, which is found in the US states of Arizona, California, Texas, Utah and in Mexico.
The wingspan is 30–43 mm for males and 33–44 mm for females.The cactus-feeding Phycitinae: A contribution toward a revision of the American pyralidoid moths of the family Phycitidae
The larvae feed on Echinocereus species,Phylogeny of the cactus-feeding phycitines and their relatives (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) based on adult morphology: Evaluation of adult character-systems in phycitine systematics and evidence for a single origin of Cactaceae-feeding larvae including Echinocereus pectinatus.
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