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Prototheora biserrata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Prototheoridae
Genus:	Prototheora
Species:	P. biserrata
Binomial name
Prototheora biserrata Davis, 1996

Prototheora biserrata is a species of moth of the family Prototheoridae. It is found in South Africa, where it known from only one and possibly two localities in the southern Cape Province. The holotype was collected in the wet, temperate Groenkop forest near George. A second specimen, possibly the female of the same species, was found at Camps Bay, a coastal fynbos habitat immediately south of Cape Town.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. Adults have been recorded in early March.

References

1. Afro Moths

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• Endemic moths of South Africa
• Hepialoidea
• Moths of Africa
• Moths described in 1996
• Taxa named by Donald R. Davis (entomologist)
• Hepialoidea stubs