African Primitive Ghost Moths

African primitive ghost moths, family Prototheoridae, comprise 12 species of small moths from South Africa. The family is in the superfamily Hepialoidea, in the infraorder Exoporia.

Adults small (18-mm wingspan), with head rough-scaled; haustellum reduced and vestigial mandibles present; labial palpi long and porrect, 3-segmented; maxillary palpi short and 3-segmented; antennae short. Maculation is brown or gray, with various darker spots. Biologies and larvae remain unknown.