Pterocerota

Pterocerota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Subfamily:	Janinae
Genus:	Pterocerota ; Hampson, 1905
Species:	P. virginea
Binomial name
	Pterocerota virginea; Hampson, 1905

Last updated August 11, 2025

Pterocerota is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. Its single species, Pterocerota virginea, has been recorded from KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.^[1] Both the genus and species were described by George Hampson in 1905.^[2]

References

↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Pterocerota virginea Hampson, 1905". Afromoths. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterocerota virginea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 28, 2018.

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Pterocerota virginea Hampson, 1905". Afromoths. Retrieved October 19, 2018.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterocerota virginea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 28, 2018.

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