''Hectobrocha'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the subfamily

Arctiinae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

. The genus was erected by

Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics. Life and work Ed ...

in 1886.

Species

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Hectobrocha adoxa ''Hectobrocha adoxa'', the unadorned footman, is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is known from the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * ...

'' (Meyrick, 1886) * ''

Hectobrocha multilinea ''Hectobrocha'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepi ...

'' T. P. Lucas, 1890 * ''

Hectobrocha pentacyma ''Hectobrocha pentacyma'', the five-banded footman, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found in the Australian states of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria Victoria most commonly refers ...

'' Meyrick, 1886 * ''

Hectobrocha subnigra ''Hectobrocha subnigra'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1890. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from south-eastern Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Ql ...

'' T. P. Lucas, 1890

References

Lithosiini Moth genera {{Lithosiini-stub