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Prototheora
Prototheora is a genus of moths. It is the only genus of the Prototheoridae, or the African primitive ghost moths, a family of insects in the lepidopteran order, contained in the superfamily Hepialoidea. These moths are endemic to Southern Africa.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Prototheora biserrata
speciesPrototheora biserrata
Prototheora cooperi
speciesPrototheora cooperi
Prototheora corvifera
speciesPrototheora corvifera
Prototheora drackensbergae
speciesPrototheora drackensbergae
Prototheora geniculata
speciesPrototheora geniculata
Prototheora gensyn
speciesPrototheora gensyn
Prototheora merga
speciesPrototheora merga
Prototheora monoglossa
speciesPrototheora monoglossa
Prototheora parachlora
speciesPrototheora parachlora
Whiteline Protoswift
speciesPrototheora petrosema
Prototheora quadricornis
speciesPrototheora quadricornis
Prototheora serruligera
speciesPrototheora serruligera
Prototheora angolae
speciesPrototheora angolae
Prototheora zimbabwiensis
speciesPrototheora zimbabwiensis
Prototheora malawiensis
speciesPrototheora malawiensis
Prototheora katangensis
speciesPrototheora katangensis
Prototheora tanzaniensis
speciesPrototheora tanzaniensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 645734.