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Prototheoridae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Prototheora Meyrick, 1917

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Prototheoridae, or the African primitive ghost moths, is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order, contained in the superfamily Hepialoidea. These moths are endemic to Southern Africa.

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Diversity and distribution

The Prototheoridae comprise 13 currently recognised species, with one genus (Prototheora) endemic to South Africa (Kristensen, 1999: 60; Nielsen et al., 2000) or to Angola (Prototheora angolae) and Mulanje Massif of Malawi (Davis, 2001). See also revisions by Janse (1942) and Davis (1996).

List of species

  • Prototheora parachlora (Meyrick, 1919) (originally in Metatheora)
  • =Prototheora paraglossa; Janse, 1942
  • Prototheora petrosema Meyrick, 1917
  • Prototheora monoglossa Meyrick, 1924
  • Prototheora corvifera (Meyrick, 1920) (originally in Metatheora)
  • Prototheora merga Davis, 1996
  • Prototheora quadricornis Meyrick, 1920
  • Prototheora biserrata Davis, 1996
  • Prototheora serruligera Meyrick, 1920
  • Prototheora cooperi Janse, 1942
  • Prototheora geniculata Davis, 1996
  • Prototheora drackensbergae Davis, 1996
  • Prototheora angolae Davis, 1996
  • Prototheora malawiensis Davis, 2001

    • References

    Prototheoridae Wikipedia
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