''Cacosoma'' is a genus of moth in the subfamily

Arctiinae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

. It contains only one species, ''Cacosoma gnatula'', which is found in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

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Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Endemic moths of South Africa Arctiinae Noctuoidea genera Monotypic moth genera {{Syntomini-stub