| Prototheora | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Hepialoidea |
| Family: | Prototheoridae Meyrick, 1917 |
| Genus: | Prototheora Meyrick, 1917 |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 12–13 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Prototheora is a genus of moths. It is the only genus of the Prototheoridae, or the African primitive ghost moths, a family of insects in the lepidopteran order, contained in the superfamily Hepialoidea. These moths are endemic to Southern Africa.