Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Brachodidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Brachodes | |
Brachodes staudingeri is a moth of the Brachodidae family. It is found from European Russia to the eastern Palearctic ecozone, including Kyrgyzstan, the mountains of south-eastern Kazakhstan and north-western China.
The wingspan is about 31 mm for males and 22.5 mm for females. The forewings are grey with whitish-yellow scales. The hindwings are uniform grey. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to July.
Taxonomy
Records of Brachodes fallax from the European part of Russia as well as the eastern Palearctic ecozone were identified as a distinct species (Brachodes staudingeri) in 1998.
References
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