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Afrotheora
Afrotheora is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are seven 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.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Afrotheora thermodes
speciesAfrotheora thermodes
Afrotheora argentimaculata
speciesAfrotheora argentimaculata
Afrotheora jordani
speciesAfrotheora jordani
Afrotheora minirhodaula
speciesAfrotheora minirhodaula
Afrotheora rhodaula
speciesAfrotheora rhodaula
Afrotheora flavimaculata
speciesAfrotheora flavimaculata
Afrotheora brevivalva
speciesAfrotheora brevivalva
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Afrotheora in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 643890.