Brachmia ptochodryas

Brachmia ptochodryas is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923.[1] It is found in Assam, India.[2]

Brachmia ptochodryas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Brachmia
Species:
B. ptochodryas
Binomial name
Brachmia ptochodryas
Meyrick, 1923

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are light brownish ochreous speckled with fuscous, with the stigmata dark fuscous, the plical little marked, somewhat before the first discal. There is an undefined spot of dark fuscous suffusion on the dorsal before the second discal and a pre-marginal series of cloudy dark fuscous 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 ptochodryas". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Brachmia ptochodryas Meyrick, 1923". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 46.


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