Brachmia insulsa

Brachmia insulsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Brachmia
Species:	B. insulsa
Binomial name
	Brachmia insulsa; Meyrick, 1914
Synonyms
	Apethistis insulsa (Meyrick, 1914);

Brachmia insulsa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.^[1] It is found in the Bengal region of what was then British India^[2] and the United Arab Emirates.^[3]

The wingspan is 12–16 mm. The forewings are light greyish ochreous with the stigmata dark fuscous, the plical slightly before the first discal. There are some cloudy dark-fuscous dots around the apex and termen, sometimes almost obsolete. The hindwings are ochreous-grey whitish.^[4]

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia insulsa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
^ Savela, Markku (June 4, 2018). "Apethistis insulsa (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Brachmia insulsa Meyrick, 1914". Afromoths. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (4): 774.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia insulsa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku (June 4, 2018). "Apethistis insulsa (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.

[3] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Brachmia insulsa Meyrick, 1914". Afromoths. Retrieved August 18, 2020.

[4] Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (4): 774.

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