Thema protogramma

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| image_caption = Adult T. protogramma photographed in Aranda, Australian Capital Territory

| taxon = Thema protogramma

| authority = (Meyrick, 1884)

| synonyms = *Pleurota protogramma Meyrick, 1884

  • Pleurota crassinervis Meyrick, 1884

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Species Thema protogramma (Meyrick, 1884) |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Thema_protogramma |website=Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |access-date=3 February 2024}}

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Thema protogramma is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1884 and is endemic to Australia. Adults are variable in appearance, but the palpi are distinctive, having a fringe of long hairs underneath that is even in length throughout.{{cite journal |last1=Turner |first1=A. Jefferis |year=1939 |title=Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. VIII |journal=Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales |publisher=Linnean Society of New South Wales |volume=64 |pages=62-63 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35123297 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}

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Category:Moths of Australia

Category:Oecophoridae

Category:Moths described in 1884

Category:Taxa named by Edward Meyrick

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