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 Notodontidae family. 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.

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