Brachmia craterospila

Brachmia craterospila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Brachmia
Species:	B. craterospila
Binomial name
	Brachmia craterospila; Meyrick, 1923

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[]

^ 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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[1] 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.

[2] Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Brachmia craterospila Meyrick, 1923". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 46.

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