Cactoblastis | |
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Cactoblastis cactorum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Subfamily: | Phycitinae |
Tribe: | Phycitini |
Genus: | Cactoblastis Ragonot, 1901[1][2] |
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Cactoblastis is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1901 and is known from Argentina, Peru, and Brazil.