Brachmia craterospila
| Brachmia craterospila | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Brachmia |
| Species: | B. craterospila
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachmia craterospila Meyrick, 1923
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Brachmia craterospila is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923.[1] It is found in Assam, India.[2]
The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are ochreous whitish, with a few grey specks and a blackish-grey spot on the base of the costa, as well as a small spot on the dorsum near the base. The stigmata is large and blackish, the plical slightly before the first discal, the second discal larger, forming a round spot. There is a small blackish spot on the dorsum towards the tornus and a pre-marginal series of cloudy blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia craterospila". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Brachmia craterospila Meyrick, 1923". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 46.
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