Brahmaea
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| Brahmaea wallichii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Brahmaeidae |
| Genus: | Walker, 1855 |
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Brahmaea is a genus of moths of the family Brahmaeidae.[1] Acanthobrahmaea, Brahmidia, and Brachygnatha are synonyms.[2] Acanthobrahmaea has sometimes been considered a subgenus,[3] describing an endemic relict species that only occurs in the vicinity of the Monte Vulture in Italy.
Species
- Brachygnatha diastemata, found in China (Shaanxi).[4]Zhang & Yang, 1993
- Brahmaea ardjoeno (Kalis, 1934)
- 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
- Brahmaea tancrei (Austaut, 1896)
- Brahmaea wallichii (Gray, 1831)[5]
- Brahmidia polymehntas H.L. Hao, X.R. Zhang & J.K. Yang, 2002
References
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Brahmaea Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- ^ Kitching, Ian; Rougerie, Rodolphe; Zwick, Andreas; Hamilton, Chris; St Laurent, Ryan; Naumann, Stefan; Ballesteros Mejia, Liliana; Kawahara, Akito (12 February 2018). "A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 6: e22236. doi:10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236. PMC 5904559.
- ^ "Fauna Europaea". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Acanthobrahmaea Sauter, 1967". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
Further reading
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- Freina de, J.J., 1982: Eine neue population von Brahmaea ledereri Rogenhofer, 1873, (Brahmaea ledereri zaba ssp. n.) in Türkisch-Kurdistan, sowie nachweis der konspezifität von Brahmaea ledereri Rogenhofer, 1873, und Brahmaea christophi Staudinger, 1879 (Lepidoptera: Brahmaeidae). Entomofauna 3 (9): 129–139. Full article: [1].
- Hao, H.L. ; X.R. Zhang & J.K. Yang, 2002: Two new species of Brahmaeidae from China (Lepidoptera: Brahmaeidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 45 (Suppl.): 53–55. Full article: [2]
- Naumann, S. & U. Brosch, 2005: Zur verbreitung der hearseyi-Gruppe (Lepidoptera: Brahmaeidae: Brahmaea Walker, 1855) in Indonesien und auf den Philippinen. Galathea 21 (2): 97–104.