Brachyglene fracta
| Brachyglene fracta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Dioptinae |
| Tribe: | Dioptini |
| Genus: | Brachyglene |
| Species: | B. fracta |
| Binomial name | |
| Brachyglene fracta Miller, 2008 | |
Brachyglene fracta is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is endemic to north-central Venezuela.
The length of the forewings is 15.5–16.5 mm for females. The ground color of the forewings is chocolate brown with a yellow-orange transverse band. The ground color of the hindwings is dark brown to chocolate brown. There is a large, comma-shaped, yellow-orange spot near the apex.
Etymology
The name fracta was chosen by Prout in 1918 and is apparently taken from the Latin fractus (meaning broken) and probably refers to the orange-yellow forewing cross band which is incomplete.
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.
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