Brypoctia

Brypoctia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Brypoctia
Schoorl, 1960
Species: B. strigifer
Binomial name
Brypoctia strigifer
(Dyar, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Xyleutes strigifer Dyar, 1910
  • Morpheis strigifer

Brypoctia is a monotypic moth genus in the Cossidae family. Its only species, Brypoctia strigifer, is found in Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala and Colombia.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Schoorl, J.W. 1990: A phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 263: 1-295. PDF


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