Brachmia circumfusa

Brachmia circumfusa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in Guinea.[2]

Brachmia circumfusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Brachmia
Species:
B. circumfusa
Binomial name
Brachmia circumfusa
Meyrick, 1922

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are pale violet fuscous, the costal and terminal edge are ochreous yellow and the discal stigmata small and blackish, the second somewhat larger. There is a pre-marginal series of small blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia circumfusa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018. Note: This source has 1923 as the year of description.
  2. Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Brachmia circumfusa Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (16): 506.


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