''Opharus brasiliensis'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

. It was described by Vincent and Laguerre in 2009. It is found in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

(Santa Catarina)., 2009, Contribution à la connaissance du genre ''Opharus'' Walker avec description de deux nouvelles espèces. Apport des codes barres ADN (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae), ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France'' 114 (1): 69-78.

References

Opharus Moths described in 2009 Arctiinae of South America {{Phaegopterina-stub