Afrotheora
| Afrotheora | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Afrotheora Nielsen & Scoble, 1986 |
| Species | |
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Afrotheora is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 7 described species, all found in southern Africa. They are considered to be one of the more primitive genera of the Hepialidae, with short antennae and lacking a functional proboscis.
Species
- Afrotheora argentimaculata - South Africa
- Afrotheora brevivalva - Tanzania
- Afrotheora flavimaculata - Angola
- Afrotheora jordani - Angola
- Afrotheora minirhodaula - South Africa
- Afrotheora rhodaula - South Africa
- Afrotheora thermodes - South Africa
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