Brachyglene caenea
| Brachyglene caenea | |
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| Illustration by Dru Drury | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Dioptinae |
| Tribe: | Dioptini |
| Genus: | Brachyglene |
| Species: | B. caenea |
| Binomial name | |
| Brachyglene caenea (Drury, 1782) | |
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Brachyglene caenea is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is restricted to south-eastern Brazil, from Rio de Janeiro south to Santa Catarina.
Description
Antennae black and setaceous. Thorax and abdomen nearly black. Wings deep brown, nearly black; the anterior having a yellow band crossing them from the anterior edges to the lower corners; and the posterior having a broad yellow streak on the anterior edges. Margins of the wings entire. Wing-span 2¾ inches (70 mm).[1]
References
- Miller, J.S. 2009: Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 321: 1-674.
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