Brachmia torva

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Brachmia torva
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Brachmia
Species:
B. torva
Binomial name
Brachmia torva
Meyrick, 1914

Brachmia torva is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. [1] It is found in Malawi. [2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are leaden grey with yellow-ochreous markings, centrally tinged with brownish and edged with black. There is a short slender mark on the dorsum towards the base and there are four moderate irregular fasciae, the first three oblique, the first from the costa near the base, not reaching the dorsum, the second before the middle, not reaching the costa and broadest on the dorsum, the third from the middle of the costa, prominent in the disc posteriorly, not reaching the dorsum and the fourth from four-fifths of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, almost interrupted in the disc. 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 torva​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Brachmia torva Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (9): 278. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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