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Pterocerota
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Pterocerota

Pterocerota is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. Its single species, Pterocerota virginea, has been recorded from KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Both the genus and species were described by George Hampson in 1905.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pterocerota virginea

speciesPterocerota virginea

Pterocerota perissinottoi

speciesPterocerota perissinottoi

Pterocerota anima

speciesPterocerota anima

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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 645792.