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Brachmia perumbrata

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Brachmia perumbrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Brachmia
Species:
B. perumbrata
Binomial name
Brachmia perumbrata
Meyrick, 1918

Brachmia perumbrata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in the Bengal region of what was then British India.[2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are pale fuscous, with indistinct streaks of dark fuscous irroration (speckles) in the disc and between the veins. The hindwings are whitish fuscous.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Brachmia perumbrata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Brachmia perumbrata Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 113. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.