Brachyglene subtilis

Brachyglene subtilis is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1874. It is common in the dry forests of northern Venezuela, but is also found in Colombia and Paraguay.

Brachyglene subtilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Notodontidae
Subfamily:
Dioptinae
Tribe:
Dioptini
Genus:
Brachyglene
Species:
B. subtilis
Binomial name
Brachyglene subtilis
(C. Felder & R. Felder, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Anatolis subtilis C. & R. Felder, 1874
  • Eudesmia punctata Druce, 1899

The larvae feed on Bauhinia splendens.

References
  • Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.


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