Brachodidae is a family of day-flying
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 ...
s, commonly known as little bear moths, which contains about 135 species distributed around much of the world (Edwards et al. 1999). The relationships and status of the presently included genera are not well understood.
Genera
*Subfamily Brachodinae
Agenjo, 1966
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Atractoceros''
Meyrick, 1936
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Brachodes''
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Euthorybeta
''Euthorybeta'' is a genus of moths in the family Brachodidae.
Species
*''Euthorybeta ochroplaca'' Turner, 1913
*''Euthorybeta xanthoplaca'' Turner, 1913
References
Brachodidae
Moth genera
Taxa named by Alfred Jefferis Turner
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Saccocera
''Saccocera'' is a genus of moths in the family Brachodidae
Brachodidae is a family of day-flying moths, commonly known as little bear moths, which contains about 135 species distributed around much of the world (Edwards et al. 1999). The rela ...
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Kallies, 2013
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Synechodes''
*Subfamily Phycodinae
Rebel, 1907
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Nigilgia
''Nigilgia'' is a genus of moths in the family Brachodidae
Brachodidae is a family of day-flying moths, commonly known as little bear moths, which contains about 135 species distributed around much of the world (Edwards et al. 1999). The relat ...
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Paranigilgia''
Kallies, 1998
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Phycodes
''Phycodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Brachodidae
Brachodidae is a family of day-flying moths, commonly known as little bear moths, which contains about 135 species distributed around much of the world (Edwards et al. 1999). The rela ...
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Tegna
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Phycodopteryx
''Phycodopteryx'' is a genus of moths in the family Brachodidae. It contains the single species ''Phycodopteryx tigripes'', which is found in Vietnam and India (Assam). The habitat consists of submontane tropical forests.
The wingspan is 25–3 ...
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Kallies, 2004
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Hoplophractis''
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Sagalassa''
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Sisyroctenis''
Formerly placed here
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Pseudocossus''
References
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* , 1998 : A contribution to the knowledge of the Oriental and Australian Brachodidae (Lepidoptera, Sesioidea). ''Tinea'' 15(4): 312-337.
* , 2002: ''Brachodes flagellatus'' sp. n. from Tibet (Lepidoptera: Sesioidea, Brachodidae). ''Nachrichten des Entomologische Vereins Apollo'' NF 23 (3): 159–160.
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*Pitkin, B. & P. Jenkins. Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museu
* , 1999: New and little known moth species (Lepidoptera: Thyrididae, Brachodidae) in the fauna of Russia and neighboring territories. ''Entomological Review'' 79 (6): 679-690. Abstract
* , 2009: A new ''Brachodes'' moth from Hainan Island, China (Lepidoptera: Brachodidae). ''Lepidoptera Novae (Gainesville)'' 2(2): 121-124.
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus databaseTree of Life
Brachodidae,
Moth families
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