Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Notodontidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Dioptinae | |
Xenomigia brachyptera is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in the Andes of western Venezuela.
It is the only known from males, which are brachypterous. It is the only brachypterous species in the Notodontidae family. Females are undoubtedly also flightless and perhaps wingless, but have not yet been found.
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