Prototheora drackensbergae

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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[1]

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[edit]

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

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