Brachmia insulsa

Brachmia insulsa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in the Bengal region of what was then British India[2] and the United Arab Emirates.[3]

Brachmia insulsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Brachmia
Species:
B. insulsa
Binomial name
Brachmia insulsa
Meyrick, 1914
Synonyms
  • Apethistis insulsa (Meyrick, 1914)

The wingspan is 12–16 mm. The forewings are light greyish ochreous with the stigmata dark fuscous, the plical slightly before the first discal. There are some cloudy dark-fuscous dots around the apex and termen, sometimes almost obsolete. The hindwings are ochreous-grey whitish.[4]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia insulsa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (June 4, 2018). "Apethistis insulsa (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Brachmia insulsa Meyrick, 1914". Afromoths. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  4. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (4): 774.


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