Prothamnodes bathocentrella

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Prothamnodes bathocentrella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Prothamnodes
Species:
P. bathocentrella
Binomial name
Prothamnodes bathocentrella
Viette, 1968

Prothamnodes bathocentrella is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It is found in eastern Madagascar (Maraonasetra). [1] [2]

The wingspan is 31 mm, the length of the forewings 14.5mm that are beige-ochreous with some rusty-brown irrorations. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Prothamnodes at funet
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2015. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (25.Feb.2015)
  3. ↑ Viette, P. 1968g. Descriptions de nouvelles espèces de Microlépidoptères de Madagascar et de l'île Marion. - Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 37(2):83–91.


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