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Issue: Vol. 5679 No. 2: 13 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.7
Page range: 277-285
Abstract views: 43
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Description of the pupae of Brachodes species (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea, Brachodidae) with emphasis on diagnostic generic characters

Department of Systematic Zoology; Institute of Environmental Biology; A. Mickiewicz University; Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6; Poznań; 61-614; Poland.
University of Melbourne; Department of Zoology; Parkville; 3010 Victoria; Australia.
Lepidoptera brachodid moths comparative morphology exuviae taxonomy Palaearctic

Abstract

This work presents the first descriptions of the pupal morphology of three species of Palaearctic brachodid moths, Brachodes compar (Staudinger, 1879), Brachodes flavescens (Turati, 1919) and Brachodes cf. rasata (Staudinger, 1900), which represent three distinct species groups within the genus. The main morphological features are described and illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Diagnostic features and a key for the identification of pupae for the genus Brachodes on the basis of the studied species and the related species, Brachodes funebris (Feisthammel, 1883) and Brachodes gaditana (Rambur, 1866) are proposed and discussed.

 

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How to Cite

Bąkowski, M. & Kallies, A. (2025) Description of the pupae of Brachodes species (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea, Brachodidae) with emphasis on diagnostic generic characters. Zootaxa, 5679 (2), 277–285. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.7