Brachylia
genus of insects
Brachylia is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Species
Brachylia albida Yakovlev & Saldaitis, 2011
Brachylia eberti Yakovlev, 2011
Brachylia eutelia Clench, 1959
Brachylia fon Yakovlev & Saldaitis, 2011
Brachylia hercules Yakovlev, 2011
Brachylia incanescens (Butler, 1875)
Brachylia kwouus (Karsch, 1898)
Brachylia murzini Yakovlev, 2011
Brachylia nigeriae (Bethune-Baker, 1915)
Brachylia nussi Yakovlev, 2011
Brachylia rectangulata (Wichgraf, 1921)
Brachylia reussi (Strand, 1913)
Brachylia semicurvatus (Gaede, 1930)
Brachylia senegalensis Yakovlev & Saldaitis, 2011
Brachylia terebroides Felder, 1874
Brachylia vukutu Yakovlev & Lenz, 2013
Brachylia windhoekensis (Strand, 1913)
Former species
Brachylia acronyctoides
References
Clench, H.K., 1959: Notes on African Cossidae. Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München, 6: 3-27. Full article: [1].
Yakovlev, R.V., 2011: Catalogue of the family Cossidae of the Old World (Lepidoptera). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 66: 1–129.
Yakovlev, R.V. & Lenz, J., 2013: On the Fauna of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Zimbabwe with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 3718 (4): 387-397. Abstract: [2].
Yakovlev, R.V. & R.J. Murphy, 2013: The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of two new species.
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