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Brachmia officiosa

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Brachmia officiosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Brachmia
Species:
B. officiosa
Binomial name
Brachmia officiosa
Meyrick, 1918
Synonyms
  • Apethistis officiosa (Meyrick, 1918)

Brachmia officiosa 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 about 12 mm. The forewings are light fuscous, with the basal third of the costa suffused with dark fuscous. The stigmata is blackish, the plical beneath the first discal and there is a small cloudy blackish spot on the dorsum towards the tornus, as well as some small groups of blackish scales along thetermen. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Brachmia officiosa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (June 4, 2018). "Apethistis officiosa (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 113.