Brachyglene caenea

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;

Brachyglene caenea is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is restricted to south-eastern Brazil, from Rio de Janeiro south to Santa Catarina.

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. Wing-span 2¾ inches (70 mm).^[1]

References

^ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 3. p. 29. pl. XXI.

Miller, J.S. 2009: Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 321: 1-674.

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[drury-1] Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 3. p. 29. pl. XXI.

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