Brachmia brunnea

(Brachmia brunnea)

Description

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

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Gelechiidae
Genus:Brachmia
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