Brachyglene fracta

Brachyglene fracta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dioptinae
Tribe: Dioptini
Genus: Brachyglene
Species: B. fracta
Binomial name
Brachyglene fracta
Miller, 2008

Brachyglene fracta is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is endemic to north-central Venezuela.

The length of the forewings is 15.5–16.5 mm for females. The ground color of the forewings is chocolate brown with a yellow-orange transverse band. The ground color of the hindwings is dark brown to chocolate brown. There is a large, comma-shaped, yellow-orange spot near the apex.

Etymology

The name fracta was chosen by Prout in 1918 and is apparently taken from the Latin fractus (meaning broken) and probably refers to the orange-yellow forewing cross band which is incomplete.

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