Brachyglene superbior

"Brachyglene" superbior is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Embrik Strand in 1912. It is found in Ecuador.

Brachyglene superbior
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Notodontidae
Subfamily:
Dioptinae
Tribe:
Dioptini
Genus:
Brachyglene
Species:
B. superbior
Binomial name
Brachyglene superbior
(Strand, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Ephialtias superbior Strand, 1912

Taxonomy

The species does not belong in Brachyglene and has even been identified as an Arctiidae species, but has not been placed in another genus yet.

References
  • 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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