{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = | taxon = Brevipecten | authority = Hampson, 1894 }} '''''Brevipecten''''' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
==Description== Palpi slight and reaching vertex of head. Antennae of male bipectinated to three-fourths length with long branches. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia with slight tufts of hair on outer side. Forewings with rectangular apex. Inner margin nearly straight after the basal lobe. Veins 8 and 9 anastomosing to form areole. Hindwings with vein 5 from above angle of cell.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |authorlink=George Hampson |date=1894 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II |publisher=Taylor and Francis |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref>
==Species== * ''Brevipecten captata'' <small>(Butler, 1889)</small> * ''Brevipecten clearchus'' <small>Fawcett, 1916</small> * ''Brevipecten consanguis'' <small>Leech, 1900</small> * ''Brevipecten cornuta'' <small>Hampson, 1902</small> * ''Brevipecten costiplaga'' <small>Draudt, 1950</small> * ''Brevipecten dufayi'' <small>Viette, 1976</small> * ''Brevipecten malagasy'' <small>Viette, 1965</small> * ''Brevipecten niloticus'' <small>Wiltshire, 1977</small> * ''Brevipecten purpureotincta'' <small>Hampson, 1895</small>
==References== {{Reflist}} * {{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/xyleninae/brevipecten/ |title=''Brevipecten'' Hampson, 1894 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=January 13, 2019}} *{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Noctuidae&sort=GENUS |title=Search results Family: Noctuidae |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London}}
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Category:Calpinae Category:Noctuoidea genera Category:Taxa named by George Hampson
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