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Brachodidae
Sign in to saveBrachodidae 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.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyBrachodidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 31
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Brachodidae
- Collections
- AM, NMV, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Australia
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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.
==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
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