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Where was the monument to the moth?

A monument to the moth has been erected in Australia. In the 1920s, the South American cactus catastrophically spread here, and the only one who was able to cope with it was the imported Argentine cactus moth, a natural enemy of the plant.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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