Brachodes staudingeri

Brachodes staudingeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Brachodidae
Genus: Brachodes
Species: B. staudingeri
Binomial name
Brachodes staudingeri
Kallies, 1998

Brachodes staudingeri is a moth of the Brachodidae family. It is found from European Russia to the eastern Palearctic ecozone,[1] including Kyrgyzistan, the mountains of south-eastern Kazakhstan and north-western China.

The wingspan is about 31 mm for males and 22.5 mm for females. The forewings are grey with whitish yellow scales. The hindwings are uniform grey. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to July.[2]

Taxonomy

Records of Brachodes fallax from the European part of Russia as well as the eastern Palearctic ecozone were identified as a distinct species (Brachodes staudingeri) in 1998.

References

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