Brachygystia

Brachygystia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Brachygystia
Schoorl, 1990
Species: B. mauretanicus
Binomial name
Brachygystia mauretanicus
(D. Lucas, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Cossus mauretanicus D. Lucas, 1907
  • Catopta minor Rungs, 1972
  • Holcocerus powelli Oberthür, 1911

Brachygystia is a monotypic moth genus in the Cossidae family. Its sole species, Brachygystia mauretanicus, is found in Tunisia,[1] Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania.

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