Brachmia insulsa

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Brachmia insulsa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Brachmia
Species:
B. insulsa
Binomial name
Brachmia insulsa
Meyrick, 1914
Synonyms
  • Apethistis insulsa(Meyrick, 1914)

Brachmia insulsa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. [1] It is found in the Bengal region of what was then British India [2] and the United Arab Emirates. [3]

The wingspan is 12–16 mm. The forewings are light greyish ochreous with the stigmata dark fuscous, the plical slightly before the first discal. There are some cloudy dark-fuscous dots around the apex and termen, sometimes almost obsolete. The hindwings are ochreous-grey whitish. [4]

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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 insulsa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku (June 4, 2018). "Apethistis insulsa (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Brachmia insulsa Meyrick, 1914". Afromoths. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  4. ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (4): 774.


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