Cacozophera

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Cacozophera is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1919. It contains the species Cacozophera venosa described by the same author. It is found in Guatemala.[2]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Family:Pyralidae
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Cacozophera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Genus: Cacozophera
Dyar, 1919[1]
Species:
C. venosa
Binomial name
Cacozophera venosa
Dyar, 1919
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The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are brownish fuscous and the hindwings are smoky fuscous, although the veins and terminal margin are darker.

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