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Prototheora drackensbergae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Prototheoridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Prototheora

Prototheora drackensbergae is a species of moth of the Prototheoridae family. 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

Prototheora drackensbergae Wikipedia