Brachodidae

Taxobox
name = Brachodidae
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
subordo = Ditrysia
superfamilia = Sesioidea
familia = Brachodidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text

Brachodidae is a family of day-flying moths, commonly known as little bear moths, which contains about 100 species distributed around much of the world (Edwards et al. 1999). The relationships and status of the presently included genera are not well understood.

Genera

*"Atractoceros"
*"Brachodes"
*"Callatolmis"
*"Euthorybeta"
*"Gora"
*"Hoplophractis"
*"Jonaca"
*"Miscera"
*"Nigilgia"
*"Palamernis"
*"Phycodes"
*"Polyphlebia"
*"Procerata"
*"Pseudocossus"
*"Sagalassa"
*"Sisyroctenis"
*"Synechodes"
*"Tegna"

External links

* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=brachodidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database]
* [http://www.tolweb.org/Brachodidae Tree of Life]

References

* Edwards, E.D., Gentili, P., Horak, M., Kristensen, N.P. and Nielsen, E.S. (1999). The cossoid/sesioid assemblage. Ch. 11, pp. 181-182 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). "Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies". Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.