Brachmia autonoma

Brachmia autonoma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910.[1] It is found on the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean.[2]

Brachmia autonoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Brachmia
Species:
B. autonoma
Binomial name
Brachmia autonoma
Meyrick, 1910

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are pale yellow ochreous suffusedly mixed with light brownish. The stigmata is dark fuscous, the plical somewhat before the first discal and there is a small cloudy fuscous spot on the dorsum beneath the second discal, as well as a row of dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale greyish.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia autonoma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Brachmia autonoma Meyrick, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1910: 369.


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