Brachyglene caenea

Brachyglene caenea
	Illustration by Dru Drury
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Notodontidae
Genus:	Brachyglene
Species:	B. caenea
Binomial name
	Brachyglene caenea; (Drury, 1782)
Synonyms
	Phalaena caenea Drury, 1782; Callimorpha caenea (Drury, 1782); Scedrosa extensa Walker, 1864;

Brachyglene caenea is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Dru Drury in 1782. It is restricted to south-eastern Brazil, from Rio de Janeiro south to Santa Catarina.

Description[]

Antennae black and setaceous. Thorax and abdomen nearly black. Wings deep brown, nearly black; the anterior having a yellow band crossing them from the anterior edges to the lower corners; and the posterior having a broad yellow streak on the anterior edges. Margins of the wings entire. Wingspan 2+3⁄4 inches (70 mm).^[1]

References[]

^ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 3. p. 29. pl. XXI.

Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.

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[drury-1] Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 3. p. 29. pl. XXI.

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