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Brachyglene bracteola

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Species of moth

Brachyglene bracteola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Brachyglene
Species: B. bracteola
Binomial name
Brachyglene bracteola
(Geyer, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Phaeochlaena bracteola Geyer, 1832
  • Brachyglene circumlita Prout, 1918
  • Brachyglene dilatata Hering, 1925
  • Brachyglene elongata Hering, 1925
  • Phaeochlaena privata Walker, 1864

Brachyglene bracteola is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Carl Geyer in 1832. It is found from Venezuela east to Ceará, Brazil, and south at least as far as Rio de Janeiro.

Females show extensive wing-pattern variation.

References

  • Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.
Taxon identifiers
Brachyglene bracteola


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