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Prototheora drackensbergae

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Species of moth

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

Prototheora drackensbergae is a species of moth of the family Prototheoridae. It is found in South Africa, where it is known only from the type locality east of the Drakensberg escarpment in KwaZulu-Natal.

The wingspan is about 20.3 mm.

Etymology

The specific name is derived from the genitive form of the general type locality, the Drakensberg mountains.

References

  1. Afro Moths
Taxon identifiers
Prototheora drackensbergae


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