Brachmia custos

Brachmia custos is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911.[1] It is found in southern India.[2]

Brachmia custos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Brachmia
Species:
B. custos
Binomial name
Brachmia custos
Meyrick, 1911

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are dull ochreous brown with a basal fascia of rather dark fuscous suffusion and with the costa infuscated from this to beyond the middle. There is a broad fascia of rather dark fuscous suffusion beyond the middle, the second discal stigma forming a small round dark fuscous spot on the inner edge of this. 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 custos". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Brachmia custos Meyrick, 1911". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 725.


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