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| Brevis crassiductus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Brevis Fibiger, 2008 |
| Species: | B. crassiductus |
| Binomial name | |
| Brevis crassiductus Fibiger, 2008 | |
Brevis crassiductus is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Brevis of the family Erebidae. It is known from the mountains of south-central Sri Lanka. Both the genus and the species were first described by Michael Fibiger in 2008.
Adults have been found in October.
The wingspan is about 9 mm.
References
[edit]- Fibiger, Michael (2008). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1867: 1–136.