Atractoceros
| Atractoceros | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Brachodidae |
| Genus: | Atractoceros Meyrick, 1936 |
| Species: | A. xanthoprocta |
| Binomial name | |
| Atractoceros xanthoprocta (Meyrick, 1926) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Atractoceros is a monotypic genus of moths in the subfamily Phycodinae.[1] It contains only the species Atractoceros xanthoprocta.[2] It can be found in South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique.[3] They have relatively short, narrow wings and large bodies. It is theorized they possibly mimic Hymenoptera due to their transparent hindwings and abdomen patterns.[3]
References
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- ↑ "Atractoceros Meyrick, 1936 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2025-11-12.
- ↑ "Afromoths.net". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 2025-11-12.
- 1 2 Kallies, Axel (2016-02-18). "The Brachodidae of Sub-Saharan Africa (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea), with implications for the origin of the family". Zootaxa. 4083 (1): 14–16. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4083.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.