Brachyglene bracteola

Brachyglene bracteola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dioptinae
Tribe: Dioptini
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. It is found from Venezuela east to Ceara, Brazil, and south at least as far as Rio de Janeiro.

Females show extensive wing-pattern variation.

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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