''Synechodes papuana'' is a

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 w ...

in the family

Brachodidae Brachodidae is a family of day-flying moths, commonly known as little bear moths, which contains about 135 species distributed around much of the world (Edwards et al. 1999). The relationships and status of the presently included genera are not w ...

. It was described by John B. Heppner in 1990. It is found in

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

., 2004: The Brachodidae of the Oriental region and Adjacent territories (Lepidoptera: Sesioidea). ''Tijdschrift voor Entomologie'' 147 (1): 1-20.

References

Arctiidae genus list
at ''Butterflies and Moths of the World'' of the Natural History Museum Brachodidae Moths described in 1990 {{Brachodidae-stub