Xenomigia brachyptera

Xenomigia brachyptera is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in the Andes of western Venezuela.

Xenomigia brachyptera
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X. brachyptera
Binomial name
Xenomigia brachyptera
Sattler and Wojtusiak, 2000

It is the only known from males, which are brachypterous. It is the only brachypterous species in the family Notodontidae. Females are undoubtedly also flightless and perhaps wingless, but have not yet been found.

References

  • 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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