Preptothauma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. Its only species, Preptothauma oxydiata, is found in Colombia. Both the genus and species were described by Max Wilhelm Karl Draudt in 1931.[1][2]
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| Genus: | Preptothauma Draudt, 1931
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| Species: | P. oxydiata
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References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Preptothauma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Preptothauma Draudt, 1931". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
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