Brachmia juridica

Brachmia juridica is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

Brachmia juridica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Brachmia
Species:
B. juridica
Binomial name
Brachmia juridica
Meyrick, 1911
Synonyms
  • Apethistis juridica (Meyrick, 1911)

The wingspan is 13–17 mm. The forewings are purplish grey, sprinkled with dark fuscous, more strongly in females. The stigmata is dark fuscous, the plical somewhat before the first discal. There is a spot of dark fuscous suffusion on the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are grey, darker in females.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia juridica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Apethistis juridica (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 716.


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