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Prototheora geniculata

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Prototheora geniculata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prototheoridae
Genus: Prototheora
Species:
P. geniculata
Binomial name
Prototheora geniculata
Davis, 1996[1]

Prototheora geniculata is a species of moth of the family Prototheoridae. It is found in South Africa, where it known only from the Schoemanspoort in the Cape Province, which is located in a southern extension of the Karoo desert, generally referred to as the Little Karoo.

The wingspan is 14–17 mm. Adults have been recorded in mid-March.

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