Somabrachyidae

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Somabrachyidae
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Psycharium pellucens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Zygaenoidea
Family: Somabrachyidae
Hampson, 1920
Genera

The Somabrachyidae are a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera. [1] [2] Other than Somabrachys aegrota , which also occurs in Spain and on Sicily, the family is Afrotropical. [3]

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<i>Psycharium pellucens</i> Species of moth

Psycharium pellucens is a species of moth of the family Somabrachyidae. It is found in South Africa.

Psycharium barnardi is a species of moth of the family Somabrachyidae. It is found in South Africa.

Psycharium kammanassiense is a species of moth of the family Somabrachyidae. It is found in South Africa.

Psycharium montanum is a species of moth of the family Somabrachyidae. It is found in South Africa.

Psycharium natalense is a species of moth of the family Somabrachyidae. It is found in South Africa.

Somabrachys adherbal is a moth in the Somabrachyidae family. It was described by Oberthür in 1911.

Somabrachys kroumira is a moth in the Somabrachyidae family. It was described by Oberthür in 1911.

Somabrachys albinervis is a moth in the Somabrachyidae family. It was described by Oberthür in 1909.

Somabrachys chretieni is a moth in the Somabrachyidae family. It was described by Oberthür in 1908.

Somabrachys powelli is a moth in the Somabrachyidae family. It was described by Oberthür in 1908.

Somabrachys dubar is a moth in the Somabrachyidae family. It was described by Powell in 1907.

Somabrachys micripsa is a moth in the Somabrachyidae family. It was described by Powell in 1916.

Somabrachys nisseni is a moth in the Somabrachyidae family. It was described by Powell in 1916.

Somabrachys arcanaria is a moth in the Somabrachyidae family. It was described by Pierre Millière in 1884.

Somabrachys capsitana is a moth in the family Somabrachyidae. It was described by Pierre Chrétien.

Somabrachys codeti is a moth in the Somabrachyidae family. It was described by Jules Léon Austaut in 1880.

Somabrachys infuscata is a species of moth in the family Somabrachyidae. It was described by Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug in 1830.

References

  1. Genera of Somabrachyidae in Butterflies and Moths of the World Catalogue (Natural History Museum) Retrieved 30 March 2011
  2. Geertsema, H. (2000). Studies on African zygaenoid moths (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea): Parapsycharium n. gen. (Somabrachyidae) from the Western Cape province, South Africa. African Zoology35 (2): 251–259
  3. Ellis, W.N. "Somabrachyidae – Plant Parasites of Europe". bladmineerders.nl. Retrieved 29 August 2022.