Brachyglene thirmida

Brachyglene thirmida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dioptinae
Tribe: Dioptini
Genus: Brachyglene
Species: B. thirmida
Binomial name
Brachyglene thirmida
Hering, 1925

‘‘Brachyglene’’ thirmida is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in Bolivia.

Adults resemble Scea species. Morphological traits demonstrate that wing-pattern resemblance in this case is a result of convergent evolution, perhaps attributable to Müllerian mimicry.

Taxonomy

The species does not belong in Brachyglene, but has not been placed in another genus yet.

References


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