Brachmia sitiens
| Brachmia sitiens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Brachmia |
| Species: | B. sitiens |
| Binomial name | |
| Brachmia sitiens Meyrick, 1918 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Brachmia sitiens is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in southern India.[2]
The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The forewings are light greyish-ochreous irrorated with rather dark fuscous. The stigmata are cloudy, dark fuscous, the plical somewhat before the first discal. There is a faint irregular transverse shade from the second stigmata to the dorsum and traces of cloudy submarginal dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia sitiens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Apethistis sitiens (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 114.
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