Prototheora cooperi

Prototheora cooperi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prototheoridae
Genus: Prototheora
Species: P. cooperi
Binomial name
Prototheora cooperi
Janse, 1942[1]

Prototheora cooperi is a species of moth of the Prototheoridae family. It is found in South Africa, where it has been found at three widespread locations in Cape Province, all characterized largely by fynbos vegetation within the Capensis region. It was found most commonly at a rather xeric site north of Oudtshoorn in the Swartberg mountains.

The wingspan is 16.6–19 mm. Adults have been recorded in March.

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