Brachmia custos

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Brachmia custos
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Brachmia
Species:
B. custos
Binomial name
Brachmia custos
Meyrick, 1911

Brachmia custos is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. [1] It is found in southern India. [2]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are dull ochreous brown with a basal fascia of rather dark fuscous suffusion and with the costa infuscated from this to beyond the middle. There is a broad fascia of rather dark fuscous suffusion beyond the middle, the second discal stigma forming a small round dark fuscous spot on the inner edge of this. The hindwings are grey. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia custos​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Brachmia custos Meyrick, 1911". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 725. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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