Phacusa (moth)

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Phacusa
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Phacusa crawfurdi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Subfamily: Procridinae
Genus: Phacusa
Walker, 1854

Phacusa is a genus of moths in the family Zygaenidae.

Species

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