Brachmia circumfusa

Brachmia circumfusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Brachmia
Species:	B. circumfusa
Binomial name
	Brachmia circumfusa; Meyrick, 1922

Brachmia circumfusa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1922.^[1] It is found in Guinea.^[2]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are pale violet-fuscous, the costal and terminal edge ochreous-yellow and the discal stigmata small, blackish, the second somewhat larger. There is a pre-marginal series of small blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia circumfusa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018. Note: This source has 1923 as the year of description.
^ Brachmia at funet
^ Exotic Microlep. 2 (16): 506

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia circumfusa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018. Note: This source has 1923 as the year of description.

[2] Brachmia at funet

[3] Exotic Microlep. 2 (16): 506

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