Pterocerota

Pterocerota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Pterocerota; Hampson, 1905
Species:	P. virginea
Binomial name
	Pterocerota virginea; Hampson, 1905

Pterocerota is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. Its single species, Pterocerota virginea, has been recorded from KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.[1] Both the genus and species were described by George Hampson in 1905.[2]

References

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Pterocerota virginea Hampson, 1905". Afromoths. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterocerota virginea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Pterocerota virginea Hampson, 1905". Afromoths. Retrieved October 19, 2018.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterocerota virginea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.