Brachmia alienella

Brachmia alienella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

Brachmia alienella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Brachmia
Species:
B. alienella
Binomial name
Brachmia alienella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia alienella Walker, 1864

Adults are pale cinereous (ash gray) fawn, the forewings speckled with brown along the costa and exterior border. There are two blackish points in the disc, one before the middle and the other beyond the middle. The exterior border is very oblique. The hindwings are cinereous.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Brachmia alienella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  3. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 634


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