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Cactobrosis

Cactobrosis is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Phycitinae. It was erected by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. Some sources list it as a synonym of Zophodia, while others retain it as a valid genus.

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Cactobrosis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Phycitini
Genus: Cactobrosis
Dyar, 1914

Cactobrosis is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Phycitinae. It was erected by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. Some sources list it as a synonym of Zophodia,1 while others retain it as a valid genus.2

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  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Cactobrosis Dyar, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 21, 2017.