Brahmaea
Sign in to saveBrahmaea is a genus of moths of the family Brahmaeidae. Acanthobrahmaea, Brahmidia, and Brachygnatha are synonyms. Acanthobrahmaea has sometimes been considered a subgenus, describing an endemic relict species that only occurs in the vicinity of the Monte Vulture in Italy.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyBrahmaeidae
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Brahmaea is a genus of moths of the family Brahmaeidae. Acanthobrahmaea, Brahmidia, and Brachygnatha are synonyms. Acanthobrahmaea has sometimes been considered a subgenus, describing an endemic relict species that only occurs in the vicinity of the Monte Vulture in Italy.
==Species== Brahmaea ardjoeno (Kalis, 1934) Brahmaea europaea (Hartig, 1963) Brahmaea celebica Toxopeus, 1939 Brahmaea certhia (Fabricius, 1793) Brahmaea christophi Staudinger, 1879 Brahmaea hearseyi (White, 1862) Brahmaea japonica (Butler, 1873) Brahmaea ledereri (Rogenhofer, 1873) Brahmaea litserra H.L. Hao, X.R. Zhang & J.K. Yang, 2002 Brahmaea loeffleri Naumann & Brosch, 2005 Brahmaea naessigi Naumann & Brosch, 2005 Brahmaea paukstadtorum Naumann & Brosch, 2005 Brahmidia polymehntas H.L. Hao, X.R. Zhang & J.K. Yang, 2002 Brahmaea tancrei (Austaut, 1896) Brahmaea wallichii (Gray, 1831)