Prototheora merga

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

Prototheora merga is a species of moth of the family Prototheoridae. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from the Schoemanspoort in the Cape Province.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The only known adult was collected in mid-March.

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