Prototheora merga

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hepialoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Exoporia Superfamilia: Hepialoidea

Familia: Prototheoridae
Genus: Prototheora
Species: Prototheora merga

Name

Prototheora merga Davis, 1996: 433

Type locality: South Africa, Cape Province, Groebal River, Schoemanspoort Caravan Camp, ca 18 km N of Oudtshoorn, 700 m.

Holotype: USNM. male ♂. 17.III.1978. legit D. & M. Davis, B. Akerbergs. genitalia slide USNM 29909♂

References

Primary references

• Davis, D.R. 1996a. A revision of the southern African family Prototheoridae (Lepidoptera: Hepialoidea). Entomologica scandinavica 27: 393–439. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Nielsen, E.S.; Robinson, G.S.; Wagner, D.L. 2000: Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera). Journal of natural history, 34: 823–878. DOI: 10.1080/002229300299282