Prototheora merga
Prototheora merga | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Prototheoridae |
Genus: | Prototheora |
Species: | P. merga
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Binomial name | |
Prototheora merga |
Prototheora merga is a species of moth of the family Prototheoridae. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from the Schoemanspoort in the Cape Province.
The wingspan is about 18 mm. The only known adult was collected in mid-March.
Etymology[]
The species name is derived from the Latin merga (meaning a two-pronged pitchfork) suggested by the pronglike tergal processes of the male genitalia.
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Categories:
- Endemic moths of South Africa
- Hepialoidea
- Moths of Africa
- Moths described in 1996
- Taxa named by Donald R. Davis (entomologist)
- Hepialoidea stubs