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
- Miller, J.S. 2009: Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 321: 1-674.