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Brachodidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Ditrysia

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Sesioidea

Rank
  
Family

Brachodidae wwwpapuainsectsnlinsect20ordersLepidopteraB

Similar
  
Douglasiidae, Batrachedridae, Epermeniidae

Brachodidae is a family of day-flying moths, commonly known as little bear moths, which contains about 135 species distributed around much of the world (Edwards et al. 1999). The relationships and status of the presently included genera are not well understood.

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Genera

  • Subfamily Brachodinae Agenjo, 1966
  • Atractoceros Meyrick, 1936
  • Brachodes
  • Euthorybeta
  • Miscera
  • Saccocera Kallies, 2013
  • Synechodes
  • Subfamily Phycodinae Rebel, 1907
  • Nigilgia
  • Paranigilgia Kallies, 1998
  • Phycodes (syn: Tegna)
  • Phycodopteryx Kallies, 2004
  • Unknown
  • Hoplophractis
  • Sagalassa
  • Sisyroctenis
  • Formerly placed here

  • Pseudocossus
  • References

    Brachodidae Wikipedia