Jezorek H. A., Stiling P. D., Carpenter J. E., Targets of an Invasive Species: Oviposition Preference and Larval Performance of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on 14 North American Opuntioid Cacti, Environmental Entomology, 2010, 39(6):1884-1892, doi: 10.1603/en10022
The abstract presents a comparison of egg laying and larval development in Cactoblastis cactorum. Consolea rubescens was among the hosts that supported larval development well in the no-choice experiment.