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Brachmia obtrectata

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Brachmia obtrectata
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B. obtrectata
Binomial name
Brachmia obtrectata
Meyrick, 1922

Brachmia obtrectata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in Shanghai, China.[2]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous speckled with fuscous and the stigmata is dark fuscous, the plical beneath the first discal. There is a pre-marginal series of cloudy dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale whitish grey.[3]

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia obtrectata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Brachmia obtrectata Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (16): 506.