Brevipecten

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
Subfamilia: Bagisarinae
Genus: Brevipecten
SE-Asian species

Species: B. arcuata – B. bisignata – B. captata – B. consanguis – B. neglecta – B. purpureotincta
Australian species

Species: B. promona
African species
Species Group cornuta

Species: B. biscornuta – B. brandbergensis – B. calimanii – B. cornuta – B. discolora – B. dufayi – B. hypocornuta – B. malagasy – B. tessenei – B. wolframmeyi
Species Group confluens

Species: B. confluens – B. marmoreata – B. tihamae
Species Group niloticus

Species: B. bischofi – B. legraini – B. mirifica – B. niloticus – B. politzari
Name

Brevipecten Hampson, 1894

Type species: Euclidia captata Butler, 1889.
References

Hacker, H., 2013: Additions to several revisions of Noctuid genera revised from 2001 to 2011, with descriptions of nine new species and three new subspecies from Africa, Arabian Peninsula and Iran, with faunistic Notes (Noctuoidea). Esperiana, Buchreihe zur Entomologie, 18: 199–220.
Hacker, H.H. & M. Fibiger, 2007, Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 3: 247–332.

Brevipecten is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Description

Palpi slight and reaching vertex of head. Antennae of male bipectinated to three-fourths length with long branches. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia with slight tufts of hair on outer side. Forewings with rectangular apex. Inner margin nearly straight after the basal lobe. Veins 8 and 9 anastomosing to form areole. Hindwings with vein 5 from above angle of cell.[1]
Species

Brevipecten captata (Butler, 1889)
Brevipecten clearchus Fawcett, 1916
Brevipecten consanguis Leech, 1900
Brevipecten cornuta Hampson, 1902
Brevipecten costiplaga Draudt, 1950
Brevipecten dufayi Viette, 1976
Brevipecten malagasy Viette, 1965
Brevipecten niloticus Wiltshire, 1977
Brevipecten purpureotincta Hampson, 1895

References

Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Savela, Markku. "Brevipecten Hampson, 1894". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.