''Carnotena'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s of the

Apatelodidae Apatelodidae, the American silkworm moths, is a family (biology), family of insects in the order (biology), order Lepidoptera. They are a family within the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Bombycoidea, though they have in the past been considered a su ...

family. It contains the single species ''Carnotena xanthiata'', which is found in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

(Ega).Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species
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References

* Apatelodidae Monotypic moth genera {{Bombycoidea-stub