Preptos

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Preptos
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Subfamily: Eupterotinae
Genus: Preptos
Schaus, 1892
Species:
P. oropus
Binomial name
Preptos oropus
Schaus, 1892
Synonyms

Tagora corax Druce, 1893
Preptos hidalgoensis Beutelspacher-Baigts, 1983

Preptos is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. Its single species, Preptos oropus, is found in Mexico [1] and Guatemala. [2] Both the genus and species were first described by William Schaus in 1892. [3]

The wingspan is about 95 mm. Adults are fawn coloured, the outer margins of the forewings and hindwings are broadly brown and separated from the ground colour by a straight dark line extending from the apices to the inner margins near the angles on both wings. There is a median and on the forewings, as well as an outer transverse dark wavy shade and a blackish spot on the subcostal vein near the base. [4]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Preptos Schaus, 1892". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  2. "Taxonomy Browser: Preptos oropus". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Preptos oropus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  4. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 319 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .