Preptos is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. Its single species, Preptos oropus, is found in Mexico[1] and Guatemala.[2] Both the genus and species were first described by William Schaus in 1892.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eupterotidae |
| Subfamily: | Eupterotinae |
| Genus: | Preptos Schaus, 1892 |
| Species: | P. oropus
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| Binomial name | |
| Preptos oropus Schaus, 1892
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Tagora corax Druce, 1893 | |
The wingspan is about 95 mm. Adults are fawn coloured, the outer margins of the forewings and hindwings are broadly brown and separated from the ground colour by a straight dark line extending from the apices to the inner margins near the angles on both wings. There is a median and on the forewings, as well as an outer transverse dark wavy shade and a blackish spot on the subcostal vein near the base.[4]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Preptos Schaus, 1892". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ "Taxonomy Browser: Preptos oropus". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Preptos oropus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
- ^ Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 319
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