Brachodes staudingeri

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Brachodes staudingeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Brachodidae
Genus: Brachodes
Species:
B. staudingeri
Binomial name
Brachodes staudingeri
Kallies, 1998

Brachodes staudingeri is a moth of the family Brachodidae. It is found from European Russia to the eastern Palearctic realm,[1] including Kyrgyzstan, the mountains of south-eastern Kazakhstan and north-western China.

The wingspan is about 31 mm for males and 22.5 mm for females. The forewings are grey with whitish-yellow scales. The hindwings are uniform grey. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to July.[2]

Taxonomy

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Records of Brachodes fallax from the European part of Russia as well as the eastern Palearctic ecozone were identified as a distinct species (Brachodes staudingeri) in 1998.

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