''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
* ''
Hectobrocha adoxa''
(Meyrick, 1886)
* ''
Hectobrocha multilinea''
T. P. Lucas, 1890
* ''
Hectobrocha pentacyma''
Meyrick, 1886
* ''
Hectobrocha subnigra''
T. P. Lucas, 1890
References
Lithosiini
Moth genera
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