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.