Brachmia dolosa

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Brachmia dolosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Brachmia
Species:
B. dolosa
Binomial name
Brachmia dolosa
Meyrick, 1911
Synonyms
  • Apethistis dolosa(Meyrick, 1911)

Brachmia dolosa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka. [2]

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, more or less sprinkled with brownish and dark fuscous. The stigmata is formed of blackish irroration (speckles), the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. There is a small transverse spot of blackish irroration on the dorsum somewhat before the second discal and an acutely angulated series of cloudy black dots close before the posterior third of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light 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 dolosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (June 4, 2018). "Apethistis dolosa (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 724.