Preptothauma

Preptothauma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Subfamily:	Eupterotinae
Genus:	Preptothauma ; Draudt, 1931
Species:	P. oxydiata
Binomial name
	Preptothauma oxydiata; Draudt, 1931

Last updated August 11, 2025

Preptothauma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. Its only species, Preptothauma oxydiata, is found in Colombia. Both the genus and species were described by Max Wilhelm Karl Draudt in 1931.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Preptothauma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved October 18, 2018.
↑ Savela, Markku. "Preptothauma Draudt, 1931". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 13, 2017.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Preptothauma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved October 18, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Preptothauma Draudt, 1931". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 13, 2017.

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