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Brachyglene thirmida

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‘‘Brachyglene’’ thirmida
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B. thirmida
Binomial name
Brachyglene thirmida
Hering, 1925

‘‘Brachyglene’’ thirmida is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in Bolivia.

Adults resemble Scea species. Morphological traits demonstrate that wing-pattern resemblance in this case is a result of convergent evolution, perhaps attributable to Müllerian mimicry.

Taxonomy

The species does not belong in Brachyglene, but has not been placed in another genus yet.

References

  • 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.