Brevis crassiductus

Brevis crassiductus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus:
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

  • Fibiger, Michael (2008). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1867: 1–136.


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