Brachyglene caenea

Brachyglene caenea is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Dru Drury in 1782. It is restricted to south-eastern Brazil, from Rio de Janeiro south to Santa Catarina.

Brachyglene caenea
Illustration by Dru Drury
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Notodontidae
Subfamily:
Dioptinae
Tribe:
Dioptini
Genus:
Brachyglene
Species:
B. caenea
Binomial name
Brachyglene caenea
(Drury, 1782)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena caenea Drury, 1782
  • Callimorpha caenea (Drury, 1782)
  • Scedrosa extensa Walker, 1864

Description

Antennae black and setaceous. Thorax and abdomen nearly black. Wings deep brown, nearly black; the anterior having a yellow band crossing them from the anterior edges to the lower corners; and the posterior having a broad yellow streak on the anterior edges. Margins of the wings entire. Wingspan ​2 3⁄4 inches (70 mm).[1]

References
  1. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 3. p. 29. pl. XXI.
  • Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.


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