Phycodopteryx | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Brachodidae |
Genus: | Phycodopteryx Kallies, 2004 |
Species: | P. tigripes |
Binomial name | |
Phycodopteryx tigripes Kallies, 2004 | |
Phycodopteryx is a genus of moths in the family Brachodidae. It contains the single species Phycodopteryx tigripes, which is found in Vietnam and India (Assam). The habitat consists of submontane tropical forests.
The wingspan is 25–30 mm for females and 23–25 mm for males. Adults have been recorded on wing from early May to early June, probably in one generation per year. [1]
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. The relationships and status of the presently included genera are not well understood.
Brachodes pumila is a moth of the family Brachodidae. It is found from eastern Central Europe to Central Asia, including lower Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Italy, Dalmatia, Croatia, North Macedonia, Greece, southern Russia, Turkey, Syria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and north-western China. The habitat consists of lowland steppe and xero-montane grasslands.
Brachodes buxeus is a moth of the family Brachodidae. It is found in the Amanus Mountains, part of the eastern and central Toros Mountains in south-eastern and southern Turkey.
Brachodes candefactus is a moth of the family Brachodidae. It is found in Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and north-western Iran. The habitat consists of grass steppe in mountainous areas.
Brachodes paghmanus is a moth of the family Brachodidae. It is found in Afghanistan.
Brachodes rhagensis is a moth of the family Brachodidae. It is found in Iran.
Brachodes compar is a moth of the family Brachodidae. It is found in Croatia, Greece and the Near East.
Brachodes appendiculata is a moth of the family Brachodidae. It is found in Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Ukraine, Russia and the Near East.
Paranigilgia is a genus of moths in the family Brachodidae.
Saccocera orpheus is a moth in the family Brachodidae. It was described by Kallies in 2004. It is found on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sulawesi.
Saccocera sauteri is a moth in the family Brachodidae. It was described by Kallies in 2004. It is found in Taiwan.
Synechodes andamanensis is a moth in the family Brachodidae. It was described by Kallies in 2004. It is found on the Andamans (India).
Synechodes diabolus is a moth in the family Brachodidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found on the Moluccas and in New Guinea.
Synechodes exigua is a moth in the family Brachodidae. It was described by Kallies in 2004. It is found in India (Assam).
Synechodes lunaris is a moth in the family Brachodidae. It was described by Kallies in 2004. It is found in Malaysia.
Synechodes platysema is a moth in the family Brachodidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found on Java in Indonesia.
Synechodes rotanicola is a moth in the family Brachodidae. It was described by Kallies in 2004. It is found on Java in Indonesia.
Synechodes sidereus is a moth in the family Brachodidae. It was described by Kallies in 2004. It is found in New Guinea.
Nigilgia anactis is a moth in the family Brachodidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1982. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Nigilgia violacea is a moth in the family Brachodidae. It was described by Kallies and Arita in 2007. It is found in China (Guangdong).