Brachmia sitiens

Brachmia sitiens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Brachmia
Species:	B. sitiens
Binomial name
	Brachmia sitiens; Meyrick, 1918
Synonyms
	Apethistis sitiens (Meyrick, 1918);

Brachmia sitiens is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.^[1] It is found in southern India.^[2]

The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The forewings are light greyish-ochreous irrorated with rather dark fuscous. The stigmata is cloudy, dark fuscous, the plical somewhat before the first discal. There is a faint irregular transverse shade from the second to the dorsum and there are traces of cloudy submarginal dots around the apex and termen. 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 sitiens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
^ Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Apethistis sitiens (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 114.

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

[2] Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Apethistis sitiens (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 114.

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