Afrotheora

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Afrotheora
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Afrotheora
Nielsen & Scoble, 1986
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Afrotheora is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are seven described species, all found in southern Africa. They are considered to be one of the more primitive genera of the Hepialidae, with short antennae and lacking a functional proboscis.

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