Brephomorpha

Brephomorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Cossidae
Genus:
Brephomorpha

D. S. Fletcher, 1982[1]
Species:
B. cineraria
Binomial name
Brephomorpha cineraria
(Turner, 1945)
Synonyms
  • Nepiomorpha Turner, 1945 (preocc. Pearman, 1936)
  • Nepiomorpha cineraria Turner, 1945

Brephomorpha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1982. It contains only one species, Brephomorpha cineraria, described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1945, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from northern Queensland.[2]

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Brephomorpha Fletcher, 1982". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Yakovlev, R.V., 2011: Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 66: 1-129.
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