Biology:Prototheora drackensbergae
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Short description: Species of moth
Prototheora drackensbergae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Prototheoridae |
Genus: | Prototheora |
Species: | P. drackensbergae
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Binomial name | |
Prototheora drackensbergae Davis, 1996[1]
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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
The specific name is derived from the genitive form of the general type locality, the Drakensberg mountains.
References
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Wikidata ☰ Q7252146 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototheora drackensbergae.
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