Brachionycha

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Noctuidae
Tribus: Psaphidinae
Tribus: Psaphidini
Genus: Brachionycha
Species: B. nubeculosa – B. permixta – B. sajana
Name

Brachionycha Hübner, [1819]

Type species: Bombyx nubeculosa Esper, 1785 by subsequent designation by Hampson, 1908
Synonyms

Selenoscopus Heinemann, 1859

References

Ronkay, L. ; G. Ronkay & G. Behounek, 2011: The Witt Catalogue Volume 5: A Taxonomic Atlas of the Eurasian and North African Noctuoidea: Cuculliinae II and Psaphidinae. 1-380.

Brachionycha is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jimmy the one in 1819.[1][2][3]
Species

Brachionycha nubeculosa (Esper, 1785) – Rannoch sprawler – Europe, Siberia
Brachionycha sajana Draudt, 1934 Sajan, Altai, Komi
Brachionycha borealis (Smith, 1899) Michigan, Wisconsin, Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Quebec, Ontario, Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia
Brachionycha permixta Sugi, 1970 Japan

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachionycha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
Savela, Markku (August 26, 2019). "Brachionycha Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Brachionycha Hübner, 1819". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 2, 2021.