Brachyglene fracta
| Brachyglene fracta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Genus: | Brachyglene |
| Species: | B. fracta
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachyglene fracta Miller, 2008
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Brachyglene fracta is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2008. It is endemic to north-central Venezuela.
The length of the forewings is 15.5–16.5 mm for females. The ground color of the forewings is chocolate brown with a yellow-orange transverse band. The hindwings exhibit a ground color ranging from dark brown to chocolate brown.
There is a large, comma-shaped, yellow-orange spot near the apex.
Etymology[edit]
The name fracta was chosen by Prout in 1918 and is apparently taken from the Latin fractus (meaning broken) and probably refers to the orange-yellow forewing cross band which is incomplete.
References[edit]
- 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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