Brachmia opaca

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Brachmia opaca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Brachmia
Species:
B. opaca
Binomial name
Brachmia opaca
Meyrick, 1927

Brachmia opaca is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. [1] It is found in China [2] and Taiwan.

Adults are externally identical to Autosticha modicella and Autosticha truncicola . [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 opaca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Brachmia opaca Meyrick, 1927". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  3. Park, K. T. & Wu, C. S. (2003). "A revision of the genus Autosticha Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in Eastern Asia". Insecta Koreana. 20 (2): 195-225.