Brachmia brunnea

Brachmia brunnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Brachmia
Species:	B. brunnea
Binomial name
	Brachmia brunnea; (Bradley, 1961)
Synonyms
	Apethistis brunnea Bradley, 1961;

Brachmia brunnea is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by John David Bradley in 1961.^[1] It is found on Guadalcanal.^[2]

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The forewings are cream buff, irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous. The stigmata is cloudy and obscure, with the plical slightly basad of the first discal and the second discal at the end of the cell in the middle. The costa is suffused with fuscous at the base and otherwise narrowly edged with cream buff to the apex. The hindwings are pale grey.^[3]

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia brunnea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
^ Brachmia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 10 (4): 138

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia brunnea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.

[2] Brachmia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[3] Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 10 (4): 138

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