Brachmia sitiens
Appearance
Brachmia sitiens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Brachmia |
Species: | B. sitiens
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Binomial name | |
Brachmia sitiens Meyrick, 1918
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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
[edit]- ^ 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.