| FAMILY |
Hepialidae |
| SUBFAMILY |
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| GENUS |
Prototheora |
| SPECIES |
geniculata
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| AUTHOR | Davis, 1996 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Prototheora geniculata sp. n. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | South Africa, Cape Province, Groebal River, Schoemanspoort Caravan Camp, ca. 18 km N of Oudtshoorn, 700 m, 17.iii.1978, leg. D. & M. Davis, B. Akerbergs.
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| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES |
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| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, USNM; Paratypes 8♂, genitalia slide USNM 20954♂, USNM, ANIC, SAMC, TMSA.
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| STATUS |
Species |
| PUBLICATION |
Davis D. R. 1996. A revision of the southern African family Prototheoridae (Lepidoptera: Hepialoidea). - Entomologica scandinavica 27:393–439.
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| PAGINATION |
433–435, figs. 68, 69, 94, 95, 114–116; map 2
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